Art and antiquities (4912 Subjects)
North frieze of the Parthenon: Two youths preparing to mount their horses and follow the procession; others are just mounted and are beginning their march.
South frieze of the Parthenon: Horsemen, introduced here from the cavalcade on that side, because their dress is different from any that I saw on the northern.
The Parthenon: All the remaining pieces of this Freeze on a smaller scale, brought together in one view, and ranged in the order in which they originally stood. A. A. the west end, B. B. the north side, C. C. the east end, D. D. the south side.
Inscription in honor of Apollodora canephoros bearer of the round basket containing the implements of sacrifice, in the processions of the Panathenea. Catalogue of ex-votos of the Parthenon.
Coins of Athens. The sarcophagus of Boutos, priest of Athena and Poseidon, discovered in Erechtheion. Altar of Demeter and Persephone dedicated by Phavios, torch-bearer at the Eleusinian mysteries.
View of the Erechtheion. Workmen excavating to reveal the base of the prostasis underneath the Caryatids. Ottoman official Dizdar Aǧa is leaning on his son-in-law's shoulder while two other Ottomans are supervising the excavations in order to keep him informed and to ensure that the British are not carrying away the archaeological findings. On the foreground a man, probably James Stuart, drawing the monument.
The Base, Capital and Entablature of the Erechtheum, with the Capital and Base of the Antae of the Portico.
