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A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 53

An illustration from A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum, 1899, leaf 53 — NEOUS SCULPTURES. Three fine busts are exhilnted in the Elgin Room.549. Bust of Pericles, the Athenian statesman, under whoseadministration the Parthenon was erected and adorned by Pheidias 40 Egin JRoiin. and Ictinos. The subject is identitied by the inscription IIcpiKX^?,and may be derived from a… … T Fig. 14—The Choragic ^Monument of Lysicrates. {After Stuart.) Pericles, 3). It is, however, more probable that the helmet merelydenotes military rank. 504. Head of Hera (?). Ideal female head wearing a loftydiadem. The hair was brought to the back of the head, where itwas tied in a knot, now…

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