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Subject Museum Collections Level [40] File

1101. 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

1102. 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

1103. 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

1104. L.2.c.11(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(11)
Title:
Fictile ware rhyton in the form of a lion. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Side view of the vessel, made in the form of a lion, with the handle raised over the curved spine of the animal, in Newton's view possibly used to contain oil: '…The design of this lion seems borrowed from that of a bronze weight, and this notion is confirmed by...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1105. L.2.c.11(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(12)
Title:
Fictile ware drinking cup. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Side view of a pottery drinking cup, modelled in the form of a sphinx: '…The body of the Sphinx is painted in opaque white ornamented with gilding. The hair of the Sphinx is painted in vermillion. On the cup are painted, in red on a black ground, a Triton, a Vic...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1106. L.2.c.11(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(13)
Title:
Fictile ware jug. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of earthenware jug, with a design drawn in black outline on a white base: 'The subject represented is a draped female figure spinning. In her left hand she holds up the distaff, while with her right she twirls the thread to which the spindle is suspended. T...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1107. L.2.c.11(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(14)
Title:
Three Athenian fictile vases. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Group of three vases, the left hand and centre ones numbered 68 and 62 respectively.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1108. L.2.c.11(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(15)
Title:
Oinochoe, with mouth fashioned in the form of a gryphon's head. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of vase, 'the mouth fashioned in the form of a gryphon's head. Round the body a lion devouring a stag. On either side is a horse grazing, and various geometrical patterns painted in brown on a drab ground, in a very early style. This unique specimen of arch...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1109. L.2.c.11(16a)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(16a)
Title:
Terracotta figure representing a comic actor in grotesque mask. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of one of the four figures of comic actors, found at Canino in Italy.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

1110. L.2.c.11(16b)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11(16b)
Title:
Terracotta figure representing a comic actor in grotesque mask. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of one of the four figures of comic actors, found at Canino in Italy.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item