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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Faulkner, Barry,     Beckington, Alice,     P. P. Caproni & Brother,     Figure group     Ethnic -- Greek     Equestrian     History -- Ancient     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Cornish     Architectural component     Relief     Sculpture

Parthenon Frieze Bas-Relief, (sculpture). Artist:  Faulkner, Barry, contractor. Beckington, Alice, 1868-1942, assistant. P. P. Caproni & Brother, fabricator. Title:  Parthenon Frieze Bas-Relief, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted plaster. Dimensions:  14 panels. Each panel: approx. H. 42 in. x W. 37-65 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Fourteen plaster cast panels featuring bas-relief friezes depicting scenes of ancient Greece. The friezes depict groupings of male and female figures wearing period costume. Several of the scenes depict men on horseback. The panels are polychromed. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- Greek Equestrian History -- Ancient -- Greece Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Cornish Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, RR 3, Box 73, Cornish, New Hampshire 03745 Remarks:  The panels are reproductions from the original 6th century B.C. friezes owned by the British Museum. The original friezes are from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The panels were selected by Augustus Saint-Gaudens from Caproni & Brother's "Catalogue of Plaster Cast Reproductions", (Boston, 1901 edition.) The panels were polychromed by Faulkner and Beckington and were installed by Saint-Gaudens on the Little Studio at Cornish, NH. The polychrome finish on the panels was restored in 1981 by Nick Isaak. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NH000393   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000393 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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