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Bronze tintinabulum in the form of a winged phallus
Phallic amulets like this were often hung in the doorways of…
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Extract from Charles Townley's Will
From the time of his first Grand Tour in 1768 until his deat…
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George Saunders, Design for the West Wing (elevation and section)
In 1803 George Saunders, the British Museum's architect, was…
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Tom and Bob in search of the Antique, an anonymous cartoon
In the early nineteenth century, two important collections o…
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Statue of Demeter on an altar
This small statue represents the Greek goddess Demeter, with…
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Charles Townley's sketch for a proposed Museum extension
In 1791 the collector Charles Townley was elected onto the B…
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Roger Fenton, The Discus-thrower (discobolos), a photograph
In this unusual photograph by Roger Fenton we see a famous R…
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Wooden figure of Krishna
This image of the youthful god Krishna shows him playing the…
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Bronze container for cosmetic items
This bronze container became known as the cista mystica or '…
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Part of a marble sculpture of two boys fighting over a game of knucklebones
This sculpture represents a boy biting the limb of his oppon…
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Charles Townley, a draft catalogue of sculptures at Park Street, Westminster
At the end of the eighteenth century, Charles Townley's magn…
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Excerpt from the travel diary of Charles Townley
Charles Townley (1737-1805) was a collector of classical ant…
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Letter to Charles Townley from Gavin Hamilton, describing excavations in Italy
In this thirteen-page letter to Charles Townley, Gavin Hamil…
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Letter to Charles Townley from Thomas Jenkins concerning the Discobolos
Thomas Jenkins (1722-98) was born in Rome. He studied painti…
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List of Marbles discovered by Gavin Hamilton in the ruins near Rome since 1769
During the eighteenth century, visitors on the Grand Tour ma…
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The Townley Discobolos, a drawing by an unknown artist
The Discobolos ('discus-thrower'), is a marble copy of a los…
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W.H. Worthington, Bust of Charles Townley, an engraving for The Gentleman's Magazine
Charles Townley (1737-1805) was born into a wealthy Catholic…
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Marble gravestone of Xanthippos, the shoemaker
The Athenian practice of setting up sculptured grave stelae …
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Marble statue of a pair of dogs
These dogs were found with another similar pair near Civita …
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Marble statues of Pan, signed by M. Cossutius Cerdo
The two statues, one in Proconnesian marble from the Aegean,…
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Burial urn
This handmade pottery urn (known as a Buckelurne) is similar…
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W. Chambers, The Townley Collection in the Dining Room at Park Street, Westminster, a watercolour
Charles Townley (1737-1805) was a Lancashire Catholic with a…
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