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Elgin Marbles|ˈɛlgɪn ˈmɑːb(ə)lz|
A collection of sculptures and architectural fragments from Athenian buildings, chiefly from the frieze and pediment of the Parthenon, which were collected, transported to England, and sold in 1816 to the British Government by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841).
1809B. R. Haydon Diary Nov. (1960) I. 95 Mengs said fifty years ago, that perhaps the statues they then possessed were not the works the Ancients accounted their best, and had Mengs been happy enough to see the Elgin Marbles, he would have been convinced of the truth of his conjecture. 1816Rep. Sel. Comm. Earl of Elgin's Collection (Parl. Papers III) 14 In what proportion the state of mutilation in which the Elgin marbles are left, and above all the corrosion of much of the surface by weather reduce their value, it is difficult precisely to ascertain. 1817Keats (title) On seeing the Elgin Marbles for the first time. 1926S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes ii. 93 He admitted that there were no wigs in the Elgin Marbles. 1967W. St. Clair Lord Elgin & Marbles xxiv. 272 Ever since Mr. Hugh Hammersley's motion in the House of Commons in 1816 that the Elgin Marbles should be held in trust and returned to Greece, the question of their possible return has been a political issue. |