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tos i*, Kallis i*, Mys i*, Myson i* in Athens; Pistoxenos i*
in Brussels; requests for photographs of these as well as for
data of other unsigned vases were either (as is most probably
the case) entirely ignored or else the replies have failed to
reach me.1
Dr. Friedrich Hauser of Stuttgart, the owner of Euphro-
nios 15* had died before my letter reached him. Pamphaios
15* is not in Palermo and I have been unable to trace it.
It must also be remembered that in many of the European
museums, especially those in Italy, the conditions, owing to
the war, changes in the directorate, renumbering the collec-
tions and the adoption of modern methods, are extremely
chaotic, and it is often extremely difficult to locate a given
vase. For these reasons a number of vases must perforce
appear in these pages with very insufficient data. Further-
more, barring a few stray publications, very little material
of a German or Austrian source has been accessible to us in
America since 1915. Much as I regret these lacunae in the
book they seem inevitable in view of present conditions and
as there is little prospect of any amelioration in the near
future I have decided, albeit reluctantly, to let the work
appear in an incomplete form.
It has not been easy to decide on a plan which would
satisfy every one. My chief ambition has been to produce
a book which could be used by students with the mini-
mum amount of labor, and hence it has seemed the simplest
plan to adopt throughout the alphabetical order for the vari-
ous painters and potters and to arrange the works of each,
whether signed or attributed, alphabetically by museums in
a numerical order. I am aware that this will not appeal to
those who prefer their material classified by subject-matter
or shapes. To avoid this difficulty a list of both subjects and
1 Dr. Oskar Waldhauer of the Hermitage Museum in Petrograd wrote to
me very courteously expressing his regret that the unsettled condition of
affairs in the museum made it impossible to furnish me with the desired
photographs.
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in Brussels; requests for photographs of these as well as for
data of other unsigned vases were either (as is most probably
the case) entirely ignored or else the replies have failed to
reach me.1
Dr. Friedrich Hauser of Stuttgart, the owner of Euphro-
nios 15* had died before my letter reached him. Pamphaios
15* is not in Palermo and I have been unable to trace it.
It must also be remembered that in many of the European
museums, especially those in Italy, the conditions, owing to
the war, changes in the directorate, renumbering the collec-
tions and the adoption of modern methods, are extremely
chaotic, and it is often extremely difficult to locate a given
vase. For these reasons a number of vases must perforce
appear in these pages with very insufficient data. Further-
more, barring a few stray publications, very little material
of a German or Austrian source has been accessible to us in
America since 1915. Much as I regret these lacunae in the
book they seem inevitable in view of present conditions and
as there is little prospect of any amelioration in the near
future I have decided, albeit reluctantly, to let the work
appear in an incomplete form.
It has not been easy to decide on a plan which would
satisfy every one. My chief ambition has been to produce
a book which could be used by students with the mini-
mum amount of labor, and hence it has seemed the simplest
plan to adopt throughout the alphabetical order for the vari-
ous painters and potters and to arrange the works of each,
whether signed or attributed, alphabetically by museums in
a numerical order. I am aware that this will not appeal to
those who prefer their material classified by subject-matter
or shapes. To avoid this difficulty a list of both subjects and
1 Dr. Oskar Waldhauer of the Hermitage Museum in Petrograd wrote to
me very courteously expressing his regret that the unsettled condition of
affairs in the museum made it impossible to furnish me with the desired
photographs.
EviZ