Sculpture of Asclepios from Epidaurus

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Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/5053.3695
Level Item
Description A hard film negative, approximately full plate size, a commercial copy negative.
Dimensions 22.5 x 17.5 cm
Place Epidavros
Athens National Archaeological Museum
Athens
Dates Latest 1897
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
English Photographic Company
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sculpture: Asklepios, relief after Thrakymedes".
Notes A commercial image from the English Photographic Company. Published in vol. 2 of the Gardner's Handbook of Greek Sculpture, . Date of the image, therefore, must date prior to 1896. Note: numerous other images from the English Photographic Company were donated via Shirley Atchley catalogued from SPHS 3401 to 3407; 3421 to 3439 appeared in the 1897 slide catalogue in the Journal of Hellenic Studies. Printed at bottom of the image: Written on bottom of image: "Athens National Museum No. 173. Relief of Asklepios from Epidauros. English Photo Co."
Reference Gardner, E.A. 1897 A handbook of Greek sculpture, Part II. Part II: 398, fig. 95.
1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. cxv.SPHS 3695. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 97.SPHS 3695. Link to article