Lawrence, Richard: Elgin marbles from the Parthenon at Athens (London, 1818) [Cicognara, 3502]

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ELGIN MARBLES,

PARTHENON AT ATHENS

EXEMPLIFIED DY

FIFTY ETCHINGS,

SELECTED FROM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND LEAST MUTILATED SPECIMENS IN THAT COLLECTION;

AND ACCOMPANIED WITH

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE STYLE, COMPOSITION, AND PECULIAR EXCELLENCE
OF THOSE TRANSCENDENT RELICS OF GRECIAN SCULPTURE.

BY RICHARD LAWRENCE.

" Talisque apparuit illi,
Qualis ubi oppositas nitidissima Solis imago
Evicit nubes, nulluquc obstante reluxit/1 Ovii>.

LONDON.

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS;

AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 4, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET; JOHN PORTER, PALL-MALL; NICOL AND SON, PALL-MALL;

AND RICHARDSON, CORNHILL.



1818.