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Description: | Head of the colossal statue of Monte Cavallo, Rome, surrounded by the progress of works at Crystal Palace in Sydenham Hill. The colossal statues of two horsemen on their steeds are attributed to Phidias and Praxiteles, the two greatest Ancient Greek sculptors. The statues were brought to Rome from Alexandria in Egypt in the fourth century AD by the Emperor Constantine. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | The Photographic Institution | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Sculpture Leisure And The Arts Attractions Trade And Economics Industry | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Delamotte, Philip Henry (1820 - 1889) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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