Word: sarcophagus
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...Smith is particularly famous for his mural decorations in the Boston Public Library, and for those on the exterior of Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. While working in Italy, Egypt and Turkey, he made a copy of the so-called "Alexander Sarcophagus" in the Imperial Museum, Constantinople, for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and received the decoration of the third order, Medijieh, from the Sultan of Turkey. Mr. Smith took an active part in the recent excavations in Egypt and has lately been working in Japan. Recently he has devoted much of his time to lecturing throughout the country...
...Minna von Barnhelm February 20, for the benefit of the Germanic Museum has made it possible to secure a cast of the statue of "Theodoric," the companion figure for that of "King Arthur" already in the Museum. These two figures are by Peter Vischer, and form part of the sarcophagus of the Emperor Maximilian at Innsbruck...
...Smith, who is a well known artist, executed the mural decorations in the Boston Public Library, and on the exterior of Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. He also made copies for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts of "Alexander Sarcophagus," in the Imperial Museum, Constantinople...
...Peabody Museum one of the sixteen sarcophagi found in the necropolis of the ancient city of Musarna in the territory of Viterbo, Western Italy. The district, lying mainly on the banks of the river Leia, is now a part of the estate of Signor Alarico Pratti. The sarcophagus weighs 3300 pounds and is still in the basement of the Museum. It was found in a tomb that had already been ransacked by spoliators and which contained two chambers. Access was gained to the first chamber by the usual gallery and to the second by an opening cut in the wall...
Among the recent acquisitions to the Fogg Art Museum is a portion of the relief side of a Roman sarcophagus, attributed to the Graeco-Roman period, depicting a battle with Amazons. This was purchased from the Baracco collection at Rome...