The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles by Michael Vickers (9781854442079)

Description - The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles by Michael Vickers

The largest surviving portion of the first major collection of Classical antiquities in Britain -- the sculptures and inscriptions collected in the early 17th century by Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel for his London house and garden -- is in the Antiquities Department of the Ashmolean Museum. This handbook tracks their eventful history before they came to rest in Oxford.

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