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Collection Area Printed Collections Container Reference (shelfmark) L.2.c.11 Name Thompson, Stephen

1. L.2.c.11(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(1)
Title:
Bronze female head of heroic size. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close frontal view of the head: 'This beautiful head has doubtless formed part of a statue, which was probably about nine feet. The back of the head and neck have been torn away, and a blow has crushed the metal and one side of the forehead. The eyes, which have...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

2. L.2.c.11(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(2)
Title:
Bronze female statuette. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of a small full-length statuette in bronze: '… The figure is treated in an archaic manner, but may be classed as an example of Hieratic art, in which the archaic style was retained at a later period. It was found in Rome [corrected in pencil to 'Veron...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

3. L.2.c.11(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(3)
Title:
Bronze tablet with Oscan inscription. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a bronze tablet with a long inscription in Oscan (i.e. from Campania): 'For the study of the Oscan language, which seems to have been one of the sources of Latin, this tablet is one of the most important documents yet discovered. It is known to archaeolo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

4. L.2.c.11(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(4)
Title:
Bronze tablet with Oscan inscription. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of the other side of the bronze inscription tablet seen in print 3.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

5. L.2.c.11(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(5)
Title:
Bronze strigil with figure of Aphrodite. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Bronze strigil, the handle formed by a figure of Aphrodite holding a strigil in her left hand. This is an exquisite specimen of Italian design, probably of the Macedonian period; the figure of Aphrodite is finely modelled, and adapted to the handle with that ver...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

6. L.2.c.11(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(6)
Title:
Bronze bust of Julius Caesar. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Bronze bust of Aelius Caesar; the eyes inlaid with silver. The bust is in very fine condition, and, though rather mannered in execution, brings out the characteristics of the likeness in a very forcible manner. Height 7 1/2 in.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

7. L.2.c.11(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(7)
Title:
Bronze heroic figure. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of a small 'bronze heroic figure, kneeling on an altar, his right hand advanced as if to defend himself. The attitude of this figure recalls that of Paris when attacked by Deiphobos, a subject which frequently occurs on Etruscan sarcophagi … Height, 5...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

8. L.2.c.11(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(8)
Title:
Head of the young Augustus. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'The head is in the finest condition, the nose and mouth being uninjured. It is very similar in scale and treatment to the much admired head of the same Emperor, when young, in the Vatican, but has the advantage of a surface which is unimpaired by injudicious cl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

9. L.2.c.11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(9)
Title:
White marble statue of a female figure of heroic size. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of the large marble statue of a female figure, with a veil falling over the back of the head, apparently photographed in a storage area of the museum, with other pieces on shelves in the background: '… A laurel wreath sculptured in relief out of the m...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

10. L.2.c.11(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(10)
Title:
Colossal marble head of Hera. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Half-profile view of the head, '… found at Girgenti (Agrigentum), and presents a remarkable resemblance to the head of Proserpine on certain silver coins of Sicily struck under Carthiginian influence. It is in very fine condition, the nose being intact. The step...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

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