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A CATALOGUE
OF
SCULPTURE
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES,
BRITISH MUSEUM.
BY
A. H. SMITH, M.A.,
ASSISTANT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN
ANTIQUITIES, IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
1892.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Limited
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
PREFACE.
The present volume by Mr. Arthur Smith, Assistant inthe Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, includesthe sculptures of the Archaic period: those of theParthenon and other Athenian buildings; the remains ofthe temple at Phigaleia; the Greek reliefs, and some othersculptures which, though produced in Roman times, yetrepresent Greek originals of the great age.
In the section which deals with the sculptures ofAthens much has been retained from Sir Charles Newton'sGuide to the Elgin Room, Pts. I.-II. While adding theresults of more recent research, Mr. Smith has contributedon his part interesting material.
The sculptures of the archaic period have of late yearsbeen the subject of much discussion; the results of thesediscussions, as they apply to the collection of the BritishMuseum, have now been brought together and summarized.
The Greek reliefs, which form an important section ofthe present volume, belong to a class of sculptures whichhave produced