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Three-quarter view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid fastening dress at shoulder (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5619, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC), with diagrams of peplos and measurements

Three-quarter view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid fastening dress at shoulder (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5619, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC), with diagrams of peplos and measurements:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 26.1 x 37.9 cm
  • [on sketch] 'The measurements taken with the Passetto / all round the edge A measured with a string maxed is 7.2 1/2 / From B to the edge A is 1 „ 6 measured down the middle of the statue / From the corner A+ to the hem C measures 2 „ 4 / From the bottom of the hem D to the top C measures 3 „ 3 1/2 / Round the bottom edge D measures 5 „ 2 / From the edge A to the bottom D measures 3 „ 1 (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] This represents the half of the dress or rather folded in two' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'as the figure has a belt that supports the dress becaus it throws over at C which is the inside surface of the dress therefore the measure 6.1 is uncertain but it cannot be less therefore the measurement 33 1/2 must be too little or the dress must form half a circle, there where is the angle A+' (pencil note)
  • [key to measurements annotated in sketch and one diagram] 'A / B / C / D / A+' (pencil note)

Small sketch (not identified) and notes

Small sketch (not identified) and notes:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 8.3 x 5.1 cm
  • [below sketch] 'Astragalx T13 nothing but the under bull[x]d(?) thence(?) 4 best to our vx x 2 to the left / Thalia bulld(?) thence(?) T33 / The outer covers the limbs(?) excessively artificial / T32 Tx small figure same details as T33 5 buttons' (pencil note)

Antiques Various

Portfolio titled 'Antiques Various JB.' (ink)
Pencil note: '2'
Ink table of contents (not complete) on piece of paper partially glued to cover:

  • '1 Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
  • '2 Tracing from Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
  • '3 Tracing from Halicarnassus frieze / CL'
  • '4 Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
  • '7 Camera lucida drawing of an antique figure at Malta'
  • '8 Camera lucida sketch Elgin frieze / two figures'
  • '9 Camera lucida sketch Elgin frieze'
  • '10 Camera lucida Townley cariatedes canefora'
  • '11 Camera lucida. Profile of the the Townley basket bearer'

Pencil / inked pencil notes partially covered by piece of paper glued to cover: 'Antique Dress / Not Complete / Vol.'.

Marble relief of standing female figure from Block V from the East frieze of the Parthenon (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.19 - BM Sculpture 324 fig. no. 32, 438-432 BC)

Marble relief of standing female figure from Block V from the East frieze of the Parthenon (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.19 - BM Sculpture 324 fig. no. 32, 438-432 BC):

  • camera lucida pencil tracing/drawing on paper
  • mounted
  • 18.2 x 26.5 cm
  • [on mount] '9' (ink note)

Half of lid of sarcophagus and front of sarcophagus

Half of lid of sarcophagus and front of sarcophagus:

  • pencil drawings on paper
  • loose
  • 12.9 x 19.6 cm
  • [on drawing] 'No 726. C, half of the lid.' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'h' / 'x' / 'N' (pencil labels)
  • [on drawing] 'No 708 A; - the front' (pencil note, with remains of erased previous note)
  • [on drawing] 'D M DOCTANI ACMARI' (pencil note)

Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • 12.9 x 13.3 cm
  • loose
  • [on sketch] 'DIOSCHORI ISIDORIS V A' (penicl note)

Architectural drawings of the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Agrigento, Sicily (Italy), with measurements

Architectural drawings of the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Agrigento, Sicily (Italy), with measurements:

  • blue ink sketches on tracing paper
  • loose
  • 49.4 x 44.2 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Plan of half the Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Agrigentum.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Length of side 369.5' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Length of End 182.8' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Windows' / 'Profile' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Centre not roof?' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Elevation within the Centre or nave.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Section of outer wall Large scale.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Elevation Large scale.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Restoration of the Temple of Jup. Olympius Agrigentum' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'with comparison of relative scale of Temple of Concord at Agrigentum & Parthenon at Athens.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Temple of Concord Agrigentum.' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'Parthenon at Athens.' (ink note)

England. London. Trafalgar Square. Nelson's Column.

Print of "Nelson's Column. Trafalgar Square. &c." in London (England), by J. Shury, published by J. Harwood, with addition of statue of Britannia and other statues in watercolour:

  • print with watercolour (grey and brown) on paper
  • mounted
  • 18.9 x 15.7 cm
  • [on print] 'J. Shury. sculp' (printed note)
  • [on print] '12, Gt Carter Lane, Doctors Commons.' (printed note)
  • [on print] 'Nelson's Column. Trafalgar Square. &c.' (printed note)
  • [on print] 'PLACE DE TRAFALGAR.' (printed note)
  • [on print] 'DIE NELSON SAULE.' (printed note)

Two angels flanking a door

Two angels flanking a door:

  • pencil drawing on tracing paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 40.15 and 40.17
  • 24.5 x 12.8 cm
  • [on drawing] 'JB' (pencil note)

Nude young Lapith holds a centaur's head from behind with his left; marble metope from the Parthenon (South metope XXVII) (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.11 - BM Sculpture 316, 438-432 BC)

Nude young Lapith holds a centaur's head from behind with his left; marble metope from the Parthenon (South metope XXVII) (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.11 - BM Sculpture 316, 438-432 BC):

  • ink sketch on treated tracing paper
  • loose, adjacent to Bonomi MSS 40.20
  • 27.8 x 21.9 cm

Figure from plate 11 of the Compositions from the tragedies of Aeschylus, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli, London (1795)

Figure from plate 11 of the Compositions from the tragedies of Aeschylus, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli, London (1795):

  • ink and wash sketch on paper (remains of pencil)
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 40.21
  • 14.5 x 10.6 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Flaxman's Eschilylus. Pl. 11.'

Shepherd carrying lamb and Luke 15:5 verse

Shepherd carrying lamb and Luke 15:5 verse:

  • inked pencil sketch on paper
  • loose, adjacent to page 1
  • 7.5 x 12.3 cm
  • [on sketch] 'καὶ ἐὑρὼν ἐπιτίθησιν ἐπὶ τους / ωμους εἑαυτοῦ χαιρων / L 15 5' (pencil note) [translation: 'and when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing']

Crouched putto sleeping

Crouched putto sleeping:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 41.13 and Bonomi MSS 41.14
  • 14.2 x 10.8 cm
  • [on mount] '4' (pencil note)

The sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus

The sacred bull Apis predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus:

  • inked pencil sketch on paper
  • loose, adjacent to page 11
  • 37.0 x 22.3 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Germanicus consults the Bull Apis by offering him food' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'the Bull Apis returns an unfavourable answer to Germanicus by refusing to eat out of / his hands' (ink note)
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