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The Elgin Marbles (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / EL-ghin) [1] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, FSA Scot (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / EL-ghin; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens.
In 1817, Lord Elgin sold the Parthenon Marbles to the British government, and they've been on permanent display ever since in London's British Museum. Thus began an ongoing dispute between the ...
The Elgin Marbles were created between 447 and 432 B.C. as architectural decor for the Parthenon—the temple of the Greek goddess Athena—on the Acropolis in Athens.
The Parthenon Marbles in London’s British Museum (Matthew Fearn/PA) Sir Mark, who was also a former head of the Victoria And Albert Museum, said British people contribute in the form of taxes so ...
Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles is a 1987 book by Christopher Hitchens on the controversy surrounding the removal by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin of the Parthenon's sculptured friezes (which became known as the Elgin Marbles), and his subsequent sale of the Marbles to the British Museum.
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List of transportation of the Elgin Marbles. The Mentor made three such journeys in 1802. The Mentor was a brig bought by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, in order to transport antiquities from Athens. [1] The cargo included a significant number of sculptures from the Parthenon. [2] [3] [4]