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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
drawn back his left arm to prepare a blow, probably with
a sword. The action of his right shoulder shows that he
has seized the Centaur by the hair with his right hand.
A drawing by Feodor, one of the artists employed by
Lord Elgin at Athens, shows that the left arm and left
leg of the Lapith, now wanting, were then perfect,
and that he may have worn a bronze helmet up to the date
when the drawing was made. The direction of the miss-
ing portions of the left arm and leg is indicated by pro-
jections on the ground of the relief. The right arm was
wanting from the elbow. In Carrey's drawing, all the
right arm of the Centaur is given; but his legs were
mutilated.
Mas. Marbles, VII., pi. 14 ; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii. ; Stereoscopic,
No. 95.
Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adorned
the north side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. and
xxiv.-xxxii. of Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their original
position, and three of these (ii., xxvi., xxx.) are so defaced
that their subjects cannot be made out. In the explosion
of 1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii.) were destroyed, all
but a few fragments. The subjects of the metopes which
have perished may have been the combats of Centaurs
and Lapiths. Michaelis supposes xxiv., xxv. to represent
a scene from the taking of Troy.
322. The only metope from the north side, of which a
cast is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of the
series, at the north-west angle of the temple. It repre-
sents a draped female figure seated on a rock, towards
whom advances from the left another draped female
figure, extending forward her left hand muffled in
drapery. Both figures wear talaric chitons, over which
fall diploi'dia and mantles. The figure advancing wears
sandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich and
abundant. There is a careful drawing of this metope by
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
drawn back his left arm to prepare a blow, probably with
a sword. The action of his right shoulder shows that he
has seized the Centaur by the hair with his right hand.
A drawing by Feodor, one of the artists employed by
Lord Elgin at Athens, shows that the left arm and left
leg of the Lapith, now wanting, were then perfect,
and that he may have worn a bronze helmet up to the date
when the drawing was made. The direction of the miss-
ing portions of the left arm and leg is indicated by pro-
jections on the ground of the relief. The right arm was
wanting from the elbow. In Carrey's drawing, all the
right arm of the Centaur is given; but his legs were
mutilated.
Mas. Marbles, VII., pi. 14 ; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii. ; Stereoscopic,
No. 95.
Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adorned
the north side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. and
xxiv.-xxxii. of Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their original
position, and three of these (ii., xxvi., xxx.) are so defaced
that their subjects cannot be made out. In the explosion
of 1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii.) were destroyed, all
but a few fragments. The subjects of the metopes which
have perished may have been the combats of Centaurs
and Lapiths. Michaelis supposes xxiv., xxv. to represent
a scene from the taking of Troy.
322. The only metope from the north side, of which a
cast is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of the
series, at the north-west angle of the temple. It repre-
sents a draped female figure seated on a rock, towards
whom advances from the left another draped female
figure, extending forward her left hand muffled in
drapery. Both figures wear talaric chitons, over which
fall diploi'dia and mantles. The figure advancing wears
sandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich and
abundant. There is a careful drawing of this metope by