Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903, Redford, George, d. 1895 · Meadville, Penna. : Flood and Vincent : Chautauqua-Century Press · leaf 25
pitch,one at each end. The whole stood on a basement of steps ; thebuilding, exclusive of the steps, being 228 feet long by 101 feetwide and 64 feet high. The columns were each 34 feet, 3 incheshigh and more than 6 feet in diameter at the base ; a portionof the shaft and of the capital of one is in… … KlG. 12.—A CONSTurCTIONAI. ViEW OK THE l\VKTHENOK. THE DOKIC ORDEK. 19 the very finest quality, executed by or under the superintend-ence of Phidias. Of this sculpture many specimens are nowin the British Museum. They are called the Elgin Marbles,after Lord Elgin, who brought them from Greece in…
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