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

THE ERECHTHEION.

235

The arms are wanting from above the elbows. The right
hand probably hung by the side, where the surface of the
drapery is seen to have been protected from corrosion.
The left hand has drawn from behind one corner of the
diploi'dion.

The head supports a capital, consisting first of a pad or
cushion (tv\t)), such as was, and still is, used to support
weights. (Compare the east frieze of the Parthenon,
Nos. 30, 31.) From this the transition to the square
abacus is effected by an egg and tongue and a bead and
reel moulding.

This statue is admirably designed, both in composition
and drapery, to fulfil its office as a part of an architectural
design. While the massiveness of the draped figure
suggests the idea that the support for the superimposed
architecture is not structurally inadequate, the lightness
and grace of the pose suggest that the maiden bears her
burden with ease.

The original position of the figure is marked A on the
plan. Four figures and part of a fifth still remain on the
Acropolis. They are uniform in their general design, but
differ slightly in pose and arrangement of drapery.

Pentelic marble ; height, 7 feet 7 inches. Stuart, II., ch. II., pi. 19.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. G. Rayet, Monuments, No. 40 ; Mitchell,
Selections, pi. 7; Murray, II., pi. 17; Wolters, No. 810;
Stereoscopic, No. 115.

Architecture of the Erechtheion.

408. Ionic column from the north end of the eastern portico
of the Erechtheion (B on plan). This being a column
from an angle of the building, the volutes occur on two
adjacent sides, so as to present themselves both to the
east and north view.

Height, 21 feet 7J iuches. Synopsis, Nos. 125-7, 110; Stuart, II,,
ch. II., pis. 4, 5, G.