print; book; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book; book-illustration
Museum number: Hh,13.4.77
Description: Two metopes from the external frieze of the Parthenon, showing the battle of the Centaurs and the Lapithae; above, a centaur rearing over the body of a prostrate man, its arms raised, with a pelt draped over the left; below, a centaur on the left, one hand on the shoulder of a man wearing a cloak, who raises his right arm; illustration to Stuart and Revett's "The Antiquities of Athens" volume IV (London, 1816) chapter 4, plate XXX. 1810 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Baxter; After: William Pars; Published by: Josiah Taylor
School/style: British
Production date: 1810
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 477 millimetres; Width: 276 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See Hh,13.48.(4).
Location: Not on display
Subjects: centauromachy
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: Bequeathed by: Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,13.4.77

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