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PLATE XIX.
[ Length, 8 f. Old Nos. 31, 38*. New Nos. 43, 44.]
This plate represents the subject of two slabs, the whole of the
first of which is engraved in Stuart's Athens, vol, iv. c. iv. pi. vi.
and a part of it also in vol. ii. c. i. pi. xiv. of which the other
slab forms a part. The first appears to be now much in the
same state as it was in Stuart's time, but the second very much
deteriorated; this appearance however we consider to arise more
from the inaccuracy of Stuart's engraving, than from any other
cause; some parts he has clearly misrepresented, as the form of
the boots upon the three horsemen, the motive of the hand
raised to the head of one of the figures, and the nature of the
costume upon the same figure. Upon examining too the marble
itself, the character of the injury it has sustained is such as can
scarcely be expected to have occurred at so late a period. The
quality of the marble of which this slab is composed, is unfortu-
nately of a very bad description, full of imperfections, and stra-
tified in such a manner, that very large portions of it have flaked off
from the mere action of weather, and it is more than probable that
upon such a stone, this effect must have been produced ages before
Stuart ever saw these sculptures. The colour of the marble is dark,
and conspicuously different from any of those which adjoin it.
The head-dress of the first figure is a leather cap such as has been
already remarked in Plates XVII. and XVIII, but the arrange-
ment here gives us a better opportunity of ascertaining the nature
of the rest of the costume, which appears to have consisted of
an ample chiton, bound by a double zone, and over it a chlamys
of rather large dimensions. Such too appears to have been the
dress of the two next figures, but with somewhat different ar-
PLATE XIX.
[ Length, 8 f. Old Nos. 31, 38*. New Nos. 43, 44.]
This plate represents the subject of two slabs, the whole of the
first of which is engraved in Stuart's Athens, vol, iv. c. iv. pi. vi.
and a part of it also in vol. ii. c. i. pi. xiv. of which the other
slab forms a part. The first appears to be now much in the
same state as it was in Stuart's time, but the second very much
deteriorated; this appearance however we consider to arise more
from the inaccuracy of Stuart's engraving, than from any other
cause; some parts he has clearly misrepresented, as the form of
the boots upon the three horsemen, the motive of the hand
raised to the head of one of the figures, and the nature of the
costume upon the same figure. Upon examining too the marble
itself, the character of the injury it has sustained is such as can
scarcely be expected to have occurred at so late a period. The
quality of the marble of which this slab is composed, is unfortu-
nately of a very bad description, full of imperfections, and stra-
tified in such a manner, that very large portions of it have flaked off
from the mere action of weather, and it is more than probable that
upon such a stone, this effect must have been produced ages before
Stuart ever saw these sculptures. The colour of the marble is dark,
and conspicuously different from any of those which adjoin it.
The head-dress of the first figure is a leather cap such as has been
already remarked in Plates XVII. and XVIII, but the arrange-
ment here gives us a better opportunity of ascertaining the nature
of the rest of the costume, which appears to have consisted of
an ample chiton, bound by a double zone, and over it a chlamys
of rather large dimensions. Such too appears to have been the
dress of the two next figures, but with somewhat different ar-