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Link George Romney: Emma Hart as Circe c.1782

This link takes to to some useful information about George Romney's painting of  Emma Hart as Circe, c.1782, in the Tate Gallery, London

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Emma Hamilton, Emma Hart, Nelson, Sir William Hamilton, George Romney, Portraiture, Collectors, 18th century, Long 18th Century view
Link 18th CENTURY LONDON - MAP

This link takes you to an intuitive GIS interface enabling researchers to map and visualize textual and artefactual data relating to seventeenth...

London, 18th century, Collections, Collectors, Historical Maps, Enlightenment view
Link A VISUAL GLOSSARY OF GREEK VASES

This link takes you to a visual glossary of Greek vases - shapes, descriptions and images.

vases, ceramics, Attic Black Figure, Attic Red Figure, Collections, Collectors, Greek art view
Link APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER CALYX KRATER. GR 1772.3-20.26 (Vase E 460)

This link takes you to an image, plus further information and links, of the Greek Calyx-krater (wine bowl), circa 440...

Apotheosis of Homer, Attic Red Figure, vases, Sir William Hamilton, Collectors, Greek art view
Course British Collectors of Classical Antiquities

This course is an exploration of British collectors of classical antiquities, their activities and attitudes, and the wider influence of this...

Sir John Soane, Sir William Hamilton, Elgin Marbles, Ashmolean Musem, Dilettanti, C.R. Cockerell, Lord Elgiin, Collectors, Enlightenment, Long 18th Century, Arundel Marbles, Pomfret Marbles, Wedgwood view
Link CICERO: 1st ORATION AGAINST VERRES

This link takes you to an English translation of Cicero's 1st Oration Against Verres.

Cicero, Verres, Rhetoric, Plunder, Pillage, Collections, Collectors, roman world, Classics view
Link DESTRUCTION ON THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS

This link takes you to an interesting article entitled 'Destruction and Memory on the Athenian Acropolis' by Rachel Kousser (Art Bull 91...

Athens, Acropolis, Pillage, Plunder, Collectors, Greek art, Greek history, Ancient history view
Link DIMENSIONS OF THE PARTHENON

This link takes you to a discussion about the dimensions of the Parthenon.

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link ELGINISM

Elginism (ĕl’gĭnĭz’əm) n. 1801. [f. the name of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841); see —ISM. Cf. Fr. elginisme & Sp. elginismo.]: An...

rthenon, Greek architecture, Collectors, Collecting, Elg view
Link EMMA & SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON

This link takes you several images of Emma and Sir William Hamilton with a commentary.

Emma Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, George Romney, Joshua Reynolds, Emma Hart, Collectors, Elizabeth Vige le Brun, Attitudes view
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