Plaster cast of the Spartan warrior known as 'Leonidas'

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/6803.C6812
Level Item
Description Glass negative, half plate size, a copy negative possibly taken from another negative.
Condition The image was framed with red tape, but removed (some still adhering) and area around sculpture has been painted with black to hide imperfections and/or dust.
Dimensions 16x12 cm
Place Ancient Sparta
Dates 1936
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images from the 1936 Exhibition of Minoan Civilization and the first 50 years work of the BSA at Burlington House, London. The object is from the 1906-1910 British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Statue of Spartan warrior, so-called 'Leonidas'".
Notes Date is based on the fact that the negative was created for the 1936 Exhibition of Minoan Civilization and the first 50 years work of the BSA at Burlington House in London. Printed on the negative: "Statue of a Spartan warrior, so-called Leonidas". It is shown in the gallery space in C 6840 (see related record).
Reference 1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 58.No. 199.