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The Townley Gallery (1836)

British Museum, Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · London : C. Knight · leaf 106

An illustration from The Townley Gallery, 1836, leaf 106
92 THE BRITISH MUSEUM, Room XI. No. 55, supporting the Bronze Apollo: and Room XI. No. 24, Art. 2, supporting the Bronze of Hercules, … Of the two Feet or Supports of tripod tables here represented, the plainer and larg-er one is of porphyry. It represents the head and leg of a panther. The eyes have now hollow sockets; the eyes and teeth of the animal, whose mouth is open, were formerly composed of some other material in imitation…

Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · British Museum · Sculpture, Classical

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