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SM M1459. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Lewis Bush
Cast of an antique relief of a chimera
Plaster cast
Museum number: M1459
On display: Drawing Office - also known as the Students Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
A chimera is a hybrid fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology. The creature depicted here has a goat's head, with horns, a winged lion's body and possibly a serpent for a tail, although this is hard to tell.
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