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 65
(lescriced hi the (foithcominp^) Catalogue of Sculpture. Vol. If. E 2 52 The Xereid Boom. fig. 21), although later investigation has modified some of the details.It may be generally described as a small Ionic building, of the form ofa temple, standing on a lofty base, whose surfaces were relieved… … Fig. 21.—Tlie Xereid Monument, as restored by Sir C. Fellows. of the building. The building had four columns at the ends, andsix at the sides (not five, as shown in Fellows model). The building was probably the tomb of some prince. The cyclesof subjects represented (battles, hunting scenes, scenes…
Art, Greek · Art, Roman
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