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A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 22 — INTRODUCTION.

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In 1814, the Phigaleian sculptures were purchased of the explorers22 in a public auction at Zante, and the Museum thereby acquired its first series of sculptures from a Greek building. A fragment, which had been lost during the transportation of the marbles,23 was presented by Mr. J. Spencer Stanhope in 1816.

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