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print; book; book-illustration

Object Type: print; book; book-illustration
Museum number: Hh,13.4.76
Description: Two metopes from the external frieze of the Parthenon, showing the battle of the Centaurs and the Lapithae; above, a centaur lifting a man against its left shoulder, holding him under the arms; below, a centaur with its left arm around the waist of a man who stands on the right, raising his right arm, the other at his side; illustration to Stuart and Revett's "The Antiquities of Athens" volume IV (London, 1816) chapter 4, plate XIX. 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: 472 millimetres; Width: 273 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See Hh,13.48.(4).
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: James 'Athenian' Stuart; Illustration to: Nicholas Revett; Associated with: Joseph Woods (editor)
Associated places: Associated with: Athens
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,13.4.76