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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
At the top the height of the relief may he as much as
2\ inches, with an average height of ahout 1 \ inch. At
the bottom it varies between low relief and about \\ inch.
The whole surface of the relief is thus slightly tilted
over towards the spectator, in order to compensate as far
as possible for the disadvantageous conditions under
which the frieze had to be viewed. The length of each
end of the Parthenon frieze was 69 ft. 6 in.; the length
of each long side was 191 ft. 11 in. The length of the
entire frieze was therefore 522 ft. 10 in.
The frieze, which was nearly complete in the time of
Carrey, suffered greatly in the explosion, particularly
about the middle of the two long sides. Unfortunately,
however, Carrey's drawings only include the west end ;
the east end, except its central slab which had been taken
down ; about 70 ft. in the middle of the south side; and
about 70 ft. at the east end of the north side. Stuart
and Pars drew a considerable amount of the frieze, but
not much of what has since been entirely lost. The
following table shows approximately the state of the
whole frieze:—
East.
South.
West.
North.
Total.
Originals in the British'!
Museum . . ./
Casts in the British)
Museum . . .)
Only drawn by Carrey
Only drawn by Stuart
Drawn by Carrey and)
Stuart . . . ./
ft. in.
43 0
21 2
3 4
2 0
ft. in.
107 7
35 3
26 6
0 6
ft. in.
7 2
62 4
ft.
82
55
20
2
5
in.
9
8
7
7
3
ft. in.
240 6
174 5
50 5
3 1
7 3
Total existing or re-\
corded . . . . /
Lost without a lecord.
69 6
169 10
22 1
69 6
166
25
10
1
475 8
47 a
Grand Total . .
69 6
191 11
69 6
191
11
522 10