Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873, [from old catalog] ed, Gliddon, George Robins, 1809-1857, [from old catalog] joint ed, Maury, Louis Ferdinand Alfred, 1817-1892. [from old catalog], Pulszky, Ferencz Aurelius. [from old catalog], Meigs, James Aitken, 1829-1879. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.; London, Trübner & co. · leaf 193
Demosthenes. Demetrius Poliokcetes, (Pulszky coll.) Macedonian period to blend idealism with individualism. Thiskings heroic beauty made the task easier; but as, in those times,a portrait always implied a kind of apotheosis, a bulls horn was 178 Synopsis of the British Museum, Lycian Room, Nos.… … Perseus. Fig. 54. added to the head to designate Demetrius as the son of Neptune;whilst in order to combine the horn with the human features, the hairwas carved stiff, reminding one of the rigidity of a bulls hair.Equally grand is the portrait of Perseus [53], the last king of Mace-donia, on a…
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