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Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · 1914 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · 56 pictures

A 1914 plate album of fifty photographs from the British Museum's Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, compiled by keeper A. H. Smith and printed for the Trustees as a museum guide for students and visitors. Marble and bronze heads, torsos and reliefs are shot against flat black grounds in strong raking light, giving high-contrast silhouettes usable as cut-out portrait motifs.

Sculpture, Greek · Bronzes

Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0