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'''Modern Publication(s):''' J. Fejfer, ''The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2'' (1997), bo. 38.  
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'''Modern Publication(s):''' J. Fejfer, ''The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2. The Roman Male Portraits'' (1997), no. 38.  
  
 
'''Brief description:''' Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.
 
'''Brief description:''' Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.
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'''Date:''' Ashmole's view that the graffito was of the seventh century AD
 
'''Date:''' Ashmole's view that the graffito was of the seventh century AD
  
'''Dimensions:''' H 0.65m; height of ancient part 0.28m; height from chin to hairline: 0.21m.
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'''Dimensions:''' H. 0.65m; height of ancient part 0.28m; height from chin to hairline: 0.21m.
  
 
'''Layout:''' Graffito on right cheek
 
'''Layout:''' Graffito on right cheek
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'''Location:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)  
 
'''Location:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)  
  
'''Collector:''' Henry Blundell; bought from Cavaceppi
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'''Collector:''' Henry Blundell; bought from Cavaceppi.
  
 
'''Date collected:''' Donated to National Museums Liverpool by Joseph Weld in 1959.
 
'''Date collected:''' Donated to National Museums Liverpool by Joseph Weld in 1959.
  
'''Accession or catalogue number:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196
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'''Accession or catalogue number:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196.
  
  
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
  
H. Blundell, Account, p 215
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Ashmole,  ''A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall'' (Oxford, 1929) p. 75 no. 196
  
A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 372)
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H. Blundell, ''An Account of the Statues, Busts, Bass-relieves, Cinerary Urns, and Other Ancient Marbles, and Paintings, at Ince'' (Liverpool, 1803), p 215
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J. Fejfer, ''The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2'' (1997), no. 38.
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A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 196)
 
   
 
   
 
== Web Links ==
 
== Web Links ==

Latest revision as of 12:29, 11 September 2014


Modern Publication(s): J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2. The Roman Male Portraits (1997), no. 38.

Brief description: Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.


Attributes

Inscription Type: Graffito

Object Type: Head

Material: White Marble

Original Location: {{{Standort}}}

Provenance: {{{Fundort}}}

Date: Ashmole's view that the graffito was of the seventh century AD

Dimensions: H. 0.65m; height of ancient part 0.28m; height from chin to hairline: 0.21m.

Layout: Graffito on right cheek

Writing: Inscribed

Condition: Restored in the eighteenth century by Cavaceppi.

Decoration: Portrait bust


Collection

Location: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)

Collector: Henry Blundell; bought from Cavaceppi.

Date collected: Donated to National Museums Liverpool by Joseph Weld in 1959.

Accession or catalogue number: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196.


Translation

APEA? (or AREA?)

Bibliography

Ashmole, A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall (Oxford, 1929) p. 75 no. 196

H. Blundell, An Account of the Statues, Busts, Bass-relieves, Cinerary Urns, and Other Ancient Marbles, and Paintings, at Ince (Liverpool, 1803), p 215

J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2 (1997), no. 38.

A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 196)

Web Links

{{{URLs}}}


Image(s)

This image copyright National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)

59.148.196View2.jpg

See also Fejfer, Plates 75-76 no. 38