About the 1936 Exhibition Collection
The British School at Athens celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1936 with a large public exhibition at Burlington House at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The exhibition, British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, consisted of a special display of Minoan culture related to the discoveries at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans as well as the excavations of the School including: Phylakopi, Kamares Cave, Palaikastro, Mycenae, Sparta, Perachora, Thessaly, Macedonia, Lesbos, Cyprus, Ithaca, and Megalopolis (Arcadia). It also included displays of Travels and Studies in Greece and Asia Minor, the Genose in the Levant, Monasteries in Athos, Byzantine Music, Byzantine Architecture and Decorative Arts, Greek Island Embroideries, Special Studies of Greek Pottery and Sculpture, Restoration of Ancient Monuments, Studies of Modern Greek Life and the School buildings and officers.
Since original ancient artifacts could not be transported to the exhibition in London, the displays consisted of replicas of ancient artifacts, modern ethnographic artifacts and illustrative panels with original watercolour drawings, many of which were done by Émile Gilliéron and Piet de Jong, and photographs.
The 1936 Exhibition Collection contains the surviving panels with original artwork from this exhibition.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Lion, drawing: perhaps as early as the sixth century."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Lion, photograph: probably mid-fifth century. The leaflike incised work of the body contrasts with the smoothness of the mask: a finely designed head of spirit and originality."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "e, f. Male figures. The male legs with apron (f) give some idea of the lost body of the 'Young God'."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Hellenistic building (the 'Almond Tree House'), on the First (Classical) Acropolis. Its dimensions and masonry are large for a private house; probably a public building was subsequently turned into a farm and oil factory."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Eros of Paphos: a charming head of a laughing boy, three-quarters life-size, now in the British Museum. Perhaps part of a group: c. 350 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "b, c. Views of the excavation in progress."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "b, c. Views of the excavation in progress."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Roman bronze coin of Paphos, very much enlarged, showing the façade of the Temple of the Paphian Goddess."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Fragments of larger statues, of the same fabric, with elaborately patterned robes."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Fragments of larger statues, of the same fabric, with elaborately patterned robes."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Statuette of painted terracotta, now in the British Museum. "
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Fragments of larger statues, of the same fabric, with elaborately patterned robes."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Aphrodite riding on a swan: Attic lekythos, about 440 B.C. attributed to the 'Achilles painter': found in a tomb at Poli. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Fragments of larger statues, of the same fabric, with elaborately patterned robes."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Arming a warrior, on a white Attic lekythos. Found in the same tomb Now in the British Museum."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Section of the Aëtos Sanctuary Site (a), showing earlier geometric stratum (before c. 750 B.C.), partly separated by an ancient wall and platform from the later, in which Corinthian influence modifies the peculiar local style."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Corinthian imports, (b) geometric: before 800 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Corinthian imports... (c) late proto-Corinthian: c. 650B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Local style: 850-800 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Imitation of Corinthian-geometric, but on a very large scale (c. 850 B.C)."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Sub-geometric local style (750-700 B.C.)."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Local fabric, but fine imitation of Corinthian decoration: c. 750 B.C.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Black-figured technique imitated from proto-Corinthian, but giving totally different effect on so large a scale."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Closely imitated vases from Afráti in Crete; perhaps a Cretan import: the shape is copied from metal: 700-650 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plan of the site."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Corinthian import, but on unparalleled scale: 750-700 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Local ware: unique in shape and decoration; inspired by proto-Corinthian and early-orientalizing models: 750-700 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Local ware: unique in shape and decoration; inspired by proto-Corinthian and early-orientalizing models: 750-700 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Local ware: unique in shape and decoration; inspired by proto-Corinthian and early-orientalizing models: 750-700 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vase of unusual 'candlestick' shape, perforated throughout: the latest local fabric: signed by the maker, Kalikleas: 700-675 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Ivories: c. 800-600 B.C.: (g) frog; (h) monkey with child; (i) couchant ram. Compare those from the Orthia Sanctuary at Sparta"
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bronzes: (j) horse: 900-700 B.C.; (k) sphinx: very early orientalizing; the type with outspread wings is very rare in Greek art: c. 750-700 B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bronzes: … sphinx: very early orientalizing; the type with outspread wings is very rare in Greek art: c. 750-700 B.C."
[upside down] The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plan ... of the Thersileion, its inner and outer ranges of columns are spaced radially, to give the assembly clear view of the speakers in the midst."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "View of the Thersileion, its inner and outer ranges of columns are spaced radially, to give the assembly clear view of the speakers in the midst."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Coloured cymatium moulding from the portico of the Thersileion, reconstructed; almost the only bit of ornament found."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs and (a) Maenads"
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs ... with subsidiary designs (b) peacocks."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs ... with subsidiary designs ... (c) doves."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs ... with subsidiary designs ... (d) a cock."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs ... with subsidiary designs … (e) parrots."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with medallion heads of Pan, Silenus, Satyrs ... with subsidiary designs ... (f) fish."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with a central medallion of Dionysos and complementary designs: a peacock."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with a central medallion of Dionysos and complementary designs: ... flowers."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with a central medallion of Dionysos and complementary designs: ... dogs hunting goats."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic with a central medallion of Dionysos and complementary designs: (g) a peacock, (h) flowers, and (i, j) dogs hunting goats."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Map of ancient mines in the Aegean, compiled by Oliver Davies, Student of the School, 1926-30."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Scenes in the Skamander Valley... Photograph by the late Walter Leaf."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Scenes in the Skamander Valley: the lower near Karakeui showing Kotylos from the north. Photograph by the late Walter Leaf."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Roman bridge over the Euphrates, near Kiakhta."