Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece.
Publisher Information: London: William Miller, 1811.
[Hamilton, William R. (1777-1859)] Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin’s pursuits in Greece. [2], 77pp. Plate; engraved text illustrations. London: William Miller, 1811. 223 x 139 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting but very good.
Second edition, enlarged; first published as a 33-page pamphlet in 1810. Hamilton’s Memorandum defends Lord Elgin’s removal from Greece of the collection of ancient sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles, consisting of sculptures from the Parthenon and other buildings on the Athenian Acropolis, were brought to England between 1801 and 1812 and sold to the British government in 1816; they are now housed in the British Museum. The sculptures’ appropriation by England was a source of controversy even in Elgin’s day and has continued to be so up to the present.
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