Olympia: Museum, metopes
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/0537.1979 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, full plate size, a copy negative. Negative is marked with black tape and annotations A, B, C, D and E. |
| Condition | One corner slightly chipped. |
| Dimensions | 21.5 x 16 cm |
| Place |
Olympia Museum Ancient Olympia |
| Dates | 1887-1888 |
| Donor/Creator |
Smith, Mr Ravenscroft Elsey |
| Scope and Content | The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Olympia: museum, metopes". |
| Notes | The date is based on R. Elsey Smith's residence in the BSA 1887-1888 (BSA Annual Report 1889-90, p. 25). Although the negative shows five metopes of Heracles, only one is left without tape through it: C, Heracles and Augean Stable; this was the one metope highlighted for reproduction in slide format for the 1897 and 1904 slide catalogues. The 1913 slide catalogue, however, lists all five, plus a general slide of all five. |
| Reference |
1897 JHS 17: Catalogue of Slides. lxvii.Sb 3. Link to article 1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. cxii.SPHS 1979. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 89.SPHS 1979. Link to article |