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PLATE XXIX.
[ Length, 4 f. 8. in. Old No. A 81. New No. 54. ]
Upon the slab represented in this plate are sculptured two
horsemen, forming a group as graceful as any of those on
this end of the temple. The action of the second horse is
peculiarly light, playful, and spirited; the position of the rider
is perfectly elegant, his seat excellent, and the drapery of his dress
disposed with easy grace. His habit appears to consist of the
chiton and the chlamys, which he has not allowed to flow loosely
behind him, but has drawn it forward over his arms, and wears
it in the manner of a cloak. His feet and legs are unpro-
tected by any covering ; upon his head he wears the broad Thes-
salian hat, which adds in no small degree to the agreeable effect
of his whole figure. The character of the other horseman differs
in some respects; he wears the chiton with its double zone, but
instead of the chlamys fastened upon the shoulder with a fibula or
button, he has a sort of pallium or oblong piece of cloth, one end
of which hangs down in front of the left arm, while the other,
having passed behind the back, is brought under the right arm,
and, caught by the wind, is flying over the right shoulder. The
horse has been anxious to proceed at a more rapid pace than suits
the rider, who has suddenly brought him up by a sharp curb,
and thrown him upon his haunches. The whole of this group
is confined within the limits of the slab, and we think we
can perceive that in this, and also in the two following slabs, the
artist has been somewhat cramped in his design, the forelegs of
the horses being more bent than his taste and judgment would
have suggested, had he been allowed to carry his composition be-
yond the bounds of this single stone.
PLATE XXIX.
[ Length, 4 f. 8. in. Old No. A 81. New No. 54. ]
Upon the slab represented in this plate are sculptured two
horsemen, forming a group as graceful as any of those on
this end of the temple. The action of the second horse is
peculiarly light, playful, and spirited; the position of the rider
is perfectly elegant, his seat excellent, and the drapery of his dress
disposed with easy grace. His habit appears to consist of the
chiton and the chlamys, which he has not allowed to flow loosely
behind him, but has drawn it forward over his arms, and wears
it in the manner of a cloak. His feet and legs are unpro-
tected by any covering ; upon his head he wears the broad Thes-
salian hat, which adds in no small degree to the agreeable effect
of his whole figure. The character of the other horseman differs
in some respects; he wears the chiton with its double zone, but
instead of the chlamys fastened upon the shoulder with a fibula or
button, he has a sort of pallium or oblong piece of cloth, one end
of which hangs down in front of the left arm, while the other,
having passed behind the back, is brought under the right arm,
and, caught by the wind, is flying over the right shoulder. The
horse has been anxious to proceed at a more rapid pace than suits
the rider, who has suddenly brought him up by a sharp curb,
and thrown him upon his haunches. The whole of this group
is confined within the limits of the slab, and we think we
can perceive that in this, and also in the two following slabs, the
artist has been somewhat cramped in his design, the forelegs of
the horses being more bent than his taste and judgment would
have suggested, had he been allowed to carry his composition be-
yond the bounds of this single stone.