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Title:Arundel & Pomfret Marbles in Oxford
Series:(Ashmolean Handbook Series)
Author:Michael Vickers
ISBN:1854442082 : 9781854442086
Illustrations:colour plates
Format:Hardback
Size:155x215mm
Pages:96
Weight: .382 Kg.
Published:Ashmolean Museum - January 2007
List Price: 11.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Exhibition catalogues and specific collections


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.

Key Events; The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles: A Brief History; The Marbles; Bibliography.