print; book; book-illustration

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type: print; book; book-illustration
Museum number: Hh,13.4.63
Description: From the frieze of the Cella of the Parthenon; west end; second plate, working from the north side; three men, one standing on the left, his hands raised to hold a horse at the head, the central figure behind the horse, one hand on its neck, wearing a toga, looking over his shoulder towards a third, naked, figure who stands on the right in profile; outline image; illustration to Stuart and Revett's "The Antiquities of Athens" volume IV (London, 1816) chapter 4, plate XVI. 1810 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Baxter; After: William Pars; Published by: Josiah Taylor
School/style
Production date: 1810
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 224 millimetres; Width: 327 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See Hh,13.48.(4). The plates in this chapter follow the order of the index plate, Vol, II. ch. 1, pl. XXX. Woods notes that the west side is shown in full in Vol. II, ch. 1, pl. IV.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: James 'Athenian' Stuart; Illustration to: Nicholas Revett; Associated with: Joseph Woods (editor)
Associated places: Associated with: Athens
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,13.4.63

Free entry