The 1930s cleaning of the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum

Ian Jenkins

  

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Cleaning the Sculptures 1811-1936
  3. 3. Documentary Evidence for Cleaning the Sculptures 1937-8
  4. 4. The Press Scandal of 1939
  5. 5. Parliamentary Questions 1939
  6. 6. Subsequent Responses to the Cleaning
  7. 7. An Evaluation of the Documentary Evidence
  8. 8. The Surface Condition of the Parthenon Sculptures
  9. 9. Notes
  10. 10. Bibliography

 

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