Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

INTRODUCTION.

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fragments from the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, and
other Athenian buildings; casts, which have now become
of great value, from the Parthenon, the Theseion, and the
Monument of Lysicrates ; a considerable number of Greek
reliefs, principally from Athens; fragments from Mycenae
and elsewhere; drawings and plans.

The marbles and casts of the Parthenon acquired in the
Elgin Collection, have since been supplemented, not only
by casts of sculptures newly discovered at Athens, but also
by the additions of fragments, removed from Athens by occa-
sional travellers, and acquired for the Museum by donation
or purchase. The gifts include a head of a Lapith,1 from
the Duke of Devonshire, and pieces of the frieze from Mr. C.
E. Cockerell,2 and Mr. J. H. Smith-Barry ;3 also from the
Society of Dilettanti4 and the Eoyal Academy.5

Lord Elgin was actively assisted in the East by his
secretary, William Eichard Hamilton (1777-1859), who
afterwards became Under-Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs (1809-1822). From Mr. Hamilton the Museum
received a few sculptures, including a sepulchral relief
from Tarentum.6

In 1824 the British Museum obtained by bequest the
collections of Eichard Payne Knight (1749-1824), a
learned but fanciful antiquarian, and a leading member
of the Society of Dilettanti. Payne Knight's collection
was especially rich in bronzes, gems, and coins, but it also
contained a series of marble portrait busts.

The next addition of importance was the collection of
sculptures and casts brought at the public expense in
1842 from Xanthos and other sites in Lycia, discovered

1 342, 3.
4 325, 50.

2 327, 4.
5 325, So.

3 325, 75.

6 Nos. 446, 712.