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Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)

Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 204

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lly opened and rather downcast,the hair artlessly shaped back along the brow, and flowing down uponthe neck, are the general marks of the ideal Athene, or Minerva. The workmanship of this head is good, but it has been much re-stored. The chin, the nose, the upper part of the helmet, and greatpart… … No. 1.

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