The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880
Materials
Glass
Measurements
82 x 164 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521104
Summary
A silver nitrate stereoscopic glass slide depicting The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England. This is a copy of the original in Athens. The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis of Athens was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, a wealthy patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the award of first prize in 335/334 BCE to one of the performances he had sponsored. The choregos was the sponsor who paid for and supervised the training of the dramatic dance-chorus. The monument is known as the first use of the Corinthian order on the exterior of a building. It has been reproduced widely in modern monuments and building elements. The 2 images are on a single sheet of glass. There is no form of border. The rectangular images have square corners and no gap between the images. Etched into the right hand side of the glass is the number "5".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986