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9 Cards in this Set
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Student of Canova in Rome
1797 London, large studio 1827 Prof. of Sculpture at R.A. 1837 knighted some reliefs on Marble Arch pediment of British Museum |
Westmacott
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Tomb of C. J. Fox 1810-23
at Westminster Abbey |
Westmacott
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Removal of most famous surviving
classical Greek sculptures from Athens highly controversial. |
Elgin Marbles
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Dull is the eye that will not weep to see
Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed By British hands….” called Elgin |
Lord Byron
a rapacious vandal |
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carver from age 15, also learned painting
working-class origins but ultimately given degrees from Cambridge, Oxford; 1835 knighted |
Chantrey
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Most famous Chantrey piece
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The Sleeping Children 1817 at Lichfield Cathedral
Tomb of Ellen and Marianne Robinson, who had died in a fire. When model exhibited, caused a sensation. |
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Who look elgin marbles?
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
Ambassador to Ottoman Empire (Islamic, capital Constantinople) 1799-1803. |
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Tomb of C. J. Fox
Westmacott |
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Tomb of Sleeping Children
Chantrey |
