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PLATE XXII.
[ Length of one portion 1 f. 7 in. of the other 5 f. 7|- in. Old No. 39. New No. 47. ]
The subject of this plate, and of the other slabs which occupied
the western end of the temple are engraved, in outline only, in
Stuart's Athens, vol. iv. ch. iv. pi. xv. to xxviii. The slabs
are fourteen in number, of which all still remain upon the temple
except the one now before us, which is in very good preservation,
but, notwithstanding, in a very dangerous state, for in some
parts the marble is hollow underneath the surface, like a blis-
ter ; the external form remains unaltered, but any slight accident,
almost any sudden and great change of temperature, might be
exceedingly injurious. The figure at the left of the plate is one
of the officers or heralds, whose duty it was to marshal the pro-
cession, and he seems in the act of turning round to speak to the
approaching horsemen, perhaps to urge them not to delay any
longer in joining the procession ; for all the figures upon this end
of the temple seem to be only making preparations, or have only
just completed them and have not yet joined the cavalcade. The
figure of this magistrate is very simple ; his dress like that of his
brother officers, whom we have already described, but perhaps more
plain, and, from the breadth and paucity of its folds, appears to be
of coarser materials. He has held a rod or wand of metal in his
hand, through which the line of perforation is still very visible.
This figure is carved upon the end of the slab, which forms the
western extremity of the northern side of the temple. The two
horsemen represented upon this plate, which are sculptured
upon the first slab towards the north of this end of the temple,
are proceeding towards the left, or following those whom we have
already seen forming the splendid cavalcade along the north side
PLATE XXII.
[ Length of one portion 1 f. 7 in. of the other 5 f. 7|- in. Old No. 39. New No. 47. ]
The subject of this plate, and of the other slabs which occupied
the western end of the temple are engraved, in outline only, in
Stuart's Athens, vol. iv. ch. iv. pi. xv. to xxviii. The slabs
are fourteen in number, of which all still remain upon the temple
except the one now before us, which is in very good preservation,
but, notwithstanding, in a very dangerous state, for in some
parts the marble is hollow underneath the surface, like a blis-
ter ; the external form remains unaltered, but any slight accident,
almost any sudden and great change of temperature, might be
exceedingly injurious. The figure at the left of the plate is one
of the officers or heralds, whose duty it was to marshal the pro-
cession, and he seems in the act of turning round to speak to the
approaching horsemen, perhaps to urge them not to delay any
longer in joining the procession ; for all the figures upon this end
of the temple seem to be only making preparations, or have only
just completed them and have not yet joined the cavalcade. The
figure of this magistrate is very simple ; his dress like that of his
brother officers, whom we have already described, but perhaps more
plain, and, from the breadth and paucity of its folds, appears to be
of coarser materials. He has held a rod or wand of metal in his
hand, through which the line of perforation is still very visible.
This figure is carved upon the end of the slab, which forms the
western extremity of the northern side of the temple. The two
horsemen represented upon this plate, which are sculptured
upon the first slab towards the north of this end of the temple,
are proceeding towards the left, or following those whom we have
already seen forming the splendid cavalcade along the north side