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SUBTERRANEOUS CHAMBER AT MYCENAE.
from the fact, that none of the temples, the ruins of which have been hitherto investigated, contain
this species of construction.
Equally difficult is it to affix to any style, to any period of art, the heterogeneous enrichments
that have been found near the spot, and which appear to have once belonged to the chamber.
It has been already shewn that the interior was lined with some species of metal most probably
brass or bronze ; but the exterior entrance bears indications of its having been faced with a casing of
marble, as the holes for the cramps sufficiently prove. The construction of the body of the chamber
is of a compact heavy breccia; the grains large and generally angular; their colour mostly black,
while the matrix of the rock is composed of various gradations of yellow. The decorative parts, how-
ever, were composed of masses of red, of green, and white marbles, fragments of which have
been dug out of the ruins. The base now lies near the entrance, and two of the fragments of Plate
IV. are in the British Museum. A further authority for other component parts of the elevation is
derived from the drawings made by the Signor Lusieri and the artists engaged by Lord Elgin, and
forming part of the collection a in the British Museum. And that this singular example of art
is not merely casual, would appear from fragments found by Sir William Gellb, in a church not far
distant from this place ; and so frequently does the zigzag character of ornament appear to have
been introduced, that fragments of ceramic vases lie scattered among the ruins of Mycenas, decorated
a These drawings are preserved in the print-room under the care
of Mr. Smith. This obliging gentleman, ever anxious to facilitate
the researches of the intelligent enquirer, has had them arranged in
portfolios according to the following list, which, as connected with
Grecian antiquities, will, we trust, prove acceptable to our read-
ers. They were executed by Signor Lusieri, a Neapolitan land-
scape painter, and the Signor Sebastian Ittar, architect of Cata-
nia in Sicily : the former gentleman having the direction and
superintendance of all the artists employed by his Lordship.
By the death of the Signor Lusieri the English have lost a firm
hospitable friend, and it will be long ere the antiquities of Greece
are again delineated by so accurate and indefatigable a pencil.
PELOPONNESUS.
Corinth. 1. Plan and elevation of Doric temple. 2. Detail
of capital and architrave. 3. Pedestal and other fragments. 4.
Plans of Roman edifices. 5. Plan of the amphitheatre. Isthmus.
1. Plan of the precinct of the Isthmian games. 2. Plan of the
canal made in the Isthmus on the side of the Alcidonian Sea.
Sicyon. 1. Plans of the city and Acropolis, of the theatre,
stadium and Roman edifices.
Nemea. 1. Plan of the temple. 2. Section of ditto. 3.
Details of the entablature. 4. Ditto, and capital.
Mycene. ]. General plan of the Acropolis. 2. View of the
gate commonly called that of the Lions. 3. Details of ditto, and
view of the small gate. 4. Plan of the Tomb of Agamemnon,
shewing the excavation. 5. Section. 6. Door of the tomb as it
is at present. 7. Ditto restored. 8. Details of fragments.
Argos. \. Plan 0f the theatre, plan of the Acropolis and view
of the Cyclopean wall in ditto.
Tirynthus. 1. Plan of the Acropolis and view of the Cyclopean
walls. 2. Another sketch of ditto.
Precinct of JEsculapius. 1. Plan, elevation, section and de-
tails of the theatre.
Mantinea. 1. General plan of the city. Plans of the en-
trances to the city, and view of the construction of ditto.
Plan of the theatre, and detail of ditto.
Sparta. 1. General plan of the ruins of the city. 2. Plan
and view of the theatre. 3. Plan and view of the amphitheatre,
called the Odeon, and a plan and view of a Greek tomb. 4.
Plans of various Roman edifices and ruins.
JEGINA.
1 ■ Small plan of the temple. 2. Plan to a larger scale of
ditto, somewhat varying from the former. 3. East elevation of
the temple. 4. Details of the order of the peristyle. 5. Lon-
gitudinal section. 6. Details of the inner order. 7. Ditto,
of ditto. 8. Plan 0f the port. 9. Details of the remains of the
two columns near ditto.
ATTICA.
Ehusis. 1. General plan of the city. 2. Plan of the larger
temple. 3. Details of the secret temple of Ceres. 4. Plan of
the less temple of Ceres, and section. 5. Details of the Ionic
order.
Marathon. 1. Plan of the Plain with references.
Sunium. 1. General plan of the promontory. 2. View of
ditto. 3. Plan of the temple (in the large portfolio). 4. La-
teral view of the temple. 5. Section through the portico of
ditto. 6. Details of the capitals of ditto. 7- Details of the
entablature of ditto. 8. Plan, section, and details of the less
temple.
ATHENS.
General plan of the city and suburbs, comprehending and de-
tailing the ruins of the monuments.
The City. 1. Restored elevation of the Temple of the Winds.
2. Elevation of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.
Theatre of Bacchus. 1. Plan of the site of the Theatre,
shewing the relative situation of the Choragic Monument of
Thrasyllus, the Choragic Columns above, and part of the wall of
the Acropolis. 2. Elevation in outline of the Choragic Monu-
ment of Thrasyllus. 3. Ditto, shadowed with the Choragic Co-
lumns above, and part of the wall of the Acropolis. Details of
the Monument of Thrasyllus.
1. Plan of the Trigonium, and all the remains on the Pnyx.
Acropolis—Propylma. 1. Restored plan. 2. West elevation.
3. Section restored.
Erechtheum. 1. Restored plan complete. 2. East elevation
restored. 3. North ditto, ditto. 4. West elevation restored. 5.
Details. 6. Details of the soffite. 7- Door of the tetrastyle
portico, introduced in St. Margaret's Chapel, Regent Street, by
Mr. C. R. Cockerell, and in St. Pancras Church, London, by Mr.
Inwood.
(Large Portfolio.) slcropolis continued. Parthenon. 1.
Restored plan complete. 2. East elevation in outline. 3. Ditto,
with all the sculptures shadowed. 4. Lateral elevation with the
roof and sculptures restored. 5. Section of the opisthodomus—
roof restored. 6. Details of the capitals. 7- Details of the en-
tablature and roof.
1. Large plan of the temple of Minerva Sunias.
Agrigentum in Sicily.— Temple of Concord. 1. Plan. 2.
Elevation.
Troad. 1. General chart of the Troad. 2. Oval containing
various fragments found in ditto. Twenty-three views of the
Troad.
1. Panoramic view of Candia, in three sheets.
In connexion with the above there are the original sketches
and figured working drawings of the various monuments, drawn
with the utmost skill and most exquisite taste.
b Argolis.
SUBTERRANEOUS CHAMBER AT MYCENAE.
from the fact, that none of the temples, the ruins of which have been hitherto investigated, contain
this species of construction.
Equally difficult is it to affix to any style, to any period of art, the heterogeneous enrichments
that have been found near the spot, and which appear to have once belonged to the chamber.
It has been already shewn that the interior was lined with some species of metal most probably
brass or bronze ; but the exterior entrance bears indications of its having been faced with a casing of
marble, as the holes for the cramps sufficiently prove. The construction of the body of the chamber
is of a compact heavy breccia; the grains large and generally angular; their colour mostly black,
while the matrix of the rock is composed of various gradations of yellow. The decorative parts, how-
ever, were composed of masses of red, of green, and white marbles, fragments of which have
been dug out of the ruins. The base now lies near the entrance, and two of the fragments of Plate
IV. are in the British Museum. A further authority for other component parts of the elevation is
derived from the drawings made by the Signor Lusieri and the artists engaged by Lord Elgin, and
forming part of the collection a in the British Museum. And that this singular example of art
is not merely casual, would appear from fragments found by Sir William Gellb, in a church not far
distant from this place ; and so frequently does the zigzag character of ornament appear to have
been introduced, that fragments of ceramic vases lie scattered among the ruins of Mycenas, decorated
a These drawings are preserved in the print-room under the care
of Mr. Smith. This obliging gentleman, ever anxious to facilitate
the researches of the intelligent enquirer, has had them arranged in
portfolios according to the following list, which, as connected with
Grecian antiquities, will, we trust, prove acceptable to our read-
ers. They were executed by Signor Lusieri, a Neapolitan land-
scape painter, and the Signor Sebastian Ittar, architect of Cata-
nia in Sicily : the former gentleman having the direction and
superintendance of all the artists employed by his Lordship.
By the death of the Signor Lusieri the English have lost a firm
hospitable friend, and it will be long ere the antiquities of Greece
are again delineated by so accurate and indefatigable a pencil.
PELOPONNESUS.
Corinth. 1. Plan and elevation of Doric temple. 2. Detail
of capital and architrave. 3. Pedestal and other fragments. 4.
Plans of Roman edifices. 5. Plan of the amphitheatre. Isthmus.
1. Plan of the precinct of the Isthmian games. 2. Plan of the
canal made in the Isthmus on the side of the Alcidonian Sea.
Sicyon. 1. Plans of the city and Acropolis, of the theatre,
stadium and Roman edifices.
Nemea. 1. Plan of the temple. 2. Section of ditto. 3.
Details of the entablature. 4. Ditto, and capital.
Mycene. ]. General plan of the Acropolis. 2. View of the
gate commonly called that of the Lions. 3. Details of ditto, and
view of the small gate. 4. Plan of the Tomb of Agamemnon,
shewing the excavation. 5. Section. 6. Door of the tomb as it
is at present. 7. Ditto restored. 8. Details of fragments.
Argos. \. Plan 0f the theatre, plan of the Acropolis and view
of the Cyclopean wall in ditto.
Tirynthus. 1. Plan of the Acropolis and view of the Cyclopean
walls. 2. Another sketch of ditto.
Precinct of JEsculapius. 1. Plan, elevation, section and de-
tails of the theatre.
Mantinea. 1. General plan of the city. Plans of the en-
trances to the city, and view of the construction of ditto.
Plan of the theatre, and detail of ditto.
Sparta. 1. General plan of the ruins of the city. 2. Plan
and view of the theatre. 3. Plan and view of the amphitheatre,
called the Odeon, and a plan and view of a Greek tomb. 4.
Plans of various Roman edifices and ruins.
JEGINA.
1 ■ Small plan of the temple. 2. Plan to a larger scale of
ditto, somewhat varying from the former. 3. East elevation of
the temple. 4. Details of the order of the peristyle. 5. Lon-
gitudinal section. 6. Details of the inner order. 7. Ditto,
of ditto. 8. Plan 0f the port. 9. Details of the remains of the
two columns near ditto.
ATTICA.
Ehusis. 1. General plan of the city. 2. Plan of the larger
temple. 3. Details of the secret temple of Ceres. 4. Plan of
the less temple of Ceres, and section. 5. Details of the Ionic
order.
Marathon. 1. Plan of the Plain with references.
Sunium. 1. General plan of the promontory. 2. View of
ditto. 3. Plan of the temple (in the large portfolio). 4. La-
teral view of the temple. 5. Section through the portico of
ditto. 6. Details of the capitals of ditto. 7- Details of the
entablature of ditto. 8. Plan, section, and details of the less
temple.
ATHENS.
General plan of the city and suburbs, comprehending and de-
tailing the ruins of the monuments.
The City. 1. Restored elevation of the Temple of the Winds.
2. Elevation of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.
Theatre of Bacchus. 1. Plan of the site of the Theatre,
shewing the relative situation of the Choragic Monument of
Thrasyllus, the Choragic Columns above, and part of the wall of
the Acropolis. 2. Elevation in outline of the Choragic Monu-
ment of Thrasyllus. 3. Ditto, shadowed with the Choragic Co-
lumns above, and part of the wall of the Acropolis. Details of
the Monument of Thrasyllus.
1. Plan of the Trigonium, and all the remains on the Pnyx.
Acropolis—Propylma. 1. Restored plan. 2. West elevation.
3. Section restored.
Erechtheum. 1. Restored plan complete. 2. East elevation
restored. 3. North ditto, ditto. 4. West elevation restored. 5.
Details. 6. Details of the soffite. 7- Door of the tetrastyle
portico, introduced in St. Margaret's Chapel, Regent Street, by
Mr. C. R. Cockerell, and in St. Pancras Church, London, by Mr.
Inwood.
(Large Portfolio.) slcropolis continued. Parthenon. 1.
Restored plan complete. 2. East elevation in outline. 3. Ditto,
with all the sculptures shadowed. 4. Lateral elevation with the
roof and sculptures restored. 5. Section of the opisthodomus—
roof restored. 6. Details of the capitals. 7- Details of the en-
tablature and roof.
1. Large plan of the temple of Minerva Sunias.
Agrigentum in Sicily.— Temple of Concord. 1. Plan. 2.
Elevation.
Troad. 1. General chart of the Troad. 2. Oval containing
various fragments found in ditto. Twenty-three views of the
Troad.
1. Panoramic view of Candia, in three sheets.
In connexion with the above there are the original sketches
and figured working drawings of the various monuments, drawn
with the utmost skill and most exquisite taste.
b Argolis.