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...Removal of the Elgin Marbles from Athens to London. Dr. Tarbell. Sever 11, 7,30 p. m. The public are invited...
...Removal of the Elgin Marbles from Athens to London. Dr. Tarbell. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
Wednesday, Dec. 4, The Removal of the Elgin Marbles from Athens to London. Sever...
Wednesday, Dec. 4, The Removal of the Elgin Marbles from Athens to London. Sever...
...beginning his remarks on the sculptures of the Parthenon, Dr. Wheeler spoke first of the metopes. There were ninety-two in all of these, of which we have only a very few preserved. The examples shown to illustrate his remarks were from the metopes carried to London by Lord Elgin. The subject of the sculptures on the metopes is the battle of the centaurs. The figures are for the most part, rather stiff, but we have two which are really the work of a master. It is probable that the metopes were executed by different sculptors...