Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece (London, 1811)

perfect a model of Doric architecture^
that Lord Elgin conceived it tobe of the
highest-importance to the arts, to secure
original specimens of each member of
that edifice. These consist of a capital ;
assizes of the columns themselves, to show
the exact form of the curve used in chan-r
iielling ; a Triglyph, and motules from
the cornice, and even some of the marble
tiles with which the ambulatory,. was
roofed : so that, not only the sculptor may
be gratified by studying every specimen
of his art, from the colossal statue to the
basso-relievo, executed in the golden age
of Pericles, by Phidias himself, or under
his immediate direction ; but the practical
architect may examine into every detail
of the building, even to the mode of
uniting the tambours of the columns, withr
out the aid of mortar, so as to give to the
shafts the appearance of single blocks.

Equal attention has been paid to the
Temple of Theseus; but as the walls, and