 Minerva, ruined the whole. By purchasing the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate, lord Elgin has had the satisfaction of recovering the greatest...  A Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum - Page 26by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Arthur Hamilton Smith - 1908 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate,...of the figure, with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found there the torsi of Jupiter and Vulcan, the breast of the Mi. nerva, together... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate,...of the figure, with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found there the torsi of Jupiter and Vulcan, the breast of the Mi. nerva, together... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate,...of Victory, in a drapery which discovers the fine fora of the figure, with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found there the torsi of Jupiter... | |
 | Thomas Bruce Earl of Elgin - 1815 - 126 pages
...janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing this house in order to excavate, Lord Elgin has had the satisfaction...greatest part of the statue of Victory, in a drapery Avhich discovers the fine form of the figure, with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 854 pages
...the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate,...form of the figure with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found there the torsi of Jupiter and Vulcan, the breast of the Mmerva, together with... | |
 | Mary Nisbet Ferguson - 1926 - 412 pages
...whole. By purchasing the house of one of the Turkish Janissaries built immediately under it, and then demolishing it in order to excavate, Lord Elgin has...the satisfaction of recovering the greatest part of 1 Francesco Morosini, Doge of Venice, and one of the greatest captains of his age. He took Athens in... | |
 | Mary Nisbet Ferguson - 1928 - 398 pages
...whole. By purchasing the house of one of the Turkish Janissaries built immediately under it, and then demolishing it in order to excavate, Lord Elgin has...part of the Statue of Victory, in a drapery which discover: all the fine form beneath, with as much delicacy aac taste as the Flora Fame's^. We also... | |
 | 1811 - 540 pages
...the house of one of the Turkish janizaries, built immediately under and against the columns of the portico, and by demolishing it in order to excavate,...form of the figure with exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin also found there the torsi of Jupiter and Vulcan, the breast of the Minerva, together with... | |
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