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1. L.2.c.11

Reference (shelfmark):
L.2.c.11
Title:
The Castellani Collection. A series of twenty photographs by Stephen Thompson. Selected and described by C. T. Newton, M.A. Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. With the sanction of the Trustees of the British Museum. Photographer(s): Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent garden. 1874. Half-leather folio volume, brown buckram boards blind-stamped with coat of arms on upper board, measuring 452 x 330 mm and containing 24 albumen prints, guard-mounted on card, of photographs from the Castellani Collection...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
24 items

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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