382: Restoration of the Group by Damophon

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/2/2/61
Level Item
Dimensions 74.3 x 56 cm
Scope and Content Card base with three printed illustrations and one photograph attached, each labelled beneath with pasted letters from a-d. The number 382 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Damophon G. Dickens" is written in ink in the lower right corner. Beside each image is a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Restoration of the group by Damophon. a. Drawing of existing fragments of group indicating their position in the restoration. b. Drawing of part of embroidered veil of Despoina: the surface has been 'spread out' so as to show the details of its decoration. c. The restoration by the late Guy Dickins. (Drawings by F. Ogilvie) d. Coin of Megalopolis: on the reverse is a representation of the group by Damophon in the neighbouring sanctuary at Lykosoura."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Special Studies and Reconstructions"