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Cast of a capital from the Erechtheion, on the Acropolis, Athens
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Three casts from the Erectheion, Athens. SM M1433. ©A.C. Cooper (colour) Ltd
Cast of a capital from the Erechtheion, on the Acropolis, Athens
Plaster cast
Museum number: M1433
Curatorial note
Three casts from the capital of one of the columns of the Erechtheion, Athens, mounted on a board and framed. These items hang on the north wall of the upper Office at 13 Lincolns' Inn Fields, enabling Soane's pupils to study close-up the details of the palmette ornaments on this Greek exemplar of the ionic order.
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