How to See the British Museum in Four Visits eBook

William Blanchard Jerrold
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 237 pages of information about How to See the British Museum in Four Visits.

How to See the British Museum in Four Visits eBook

William Blanchard Jerrold
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 237 pages of information about How to See the British Museum in Four Visits.

VISIT THE FIRST

     Southern zoological room.—­Hoofed Animals:—­Giraffe;
     Walrus; Rhinoceros; Buffalo; Antelope.

     Southern zoological gallery.—­Hoofed Animals:—­Wild Ox;
     Hippopotamus; Elephant; Llama; Bison; Armadillo; Deer.

     Mammalia saloon.—­Bears; Monkeys; Cat Tribe; Dog Family;
     Bear Tribe; Mole Tribe; Marsupial Animals; Seal Tribe;
     Corals

     Eastern zoological gallery.—­Birds of Prey; Perching
     Birds; Scraping Birds; Wading Birds; Web-footed Birds.

     Northern zoological gallery.—­Bats; Reptiles; Serpents;
     Tortoises; Crocodiles; Frogs.

     British zoological room.—­Carnivorous Beasts; Glirine
     Beasts; Hoofed Beasts; Insectivorous Beasts; British
     Reptiles; British Fish.

     Northern zoological gallery—­(continued).—­Spiny-finned
     Fishes; Soft-finned Fishes; Cartilaginous Fishes;
     Sponges; Shell-fish; The Beetle Tribe; Butterflies and Moths.

     Eastern zoological gallery.—­Star-fish; Sea-eggs; Shells.

VISIT THE SECOND

     Northern mineral and fossil gallery.—­Fossil Vegetables;
     Minerals; Fossil Animals; Fossil Fishes; Fossil Mammalia.

     The Egyptian room.—­Human Mummies; Animal Mummies;
     Sepulchral Ornaments; Egyptian Deities; Sacred
     Animals; Household Objects; Tools; Musical Instruments;
     Toys; Textile Fabrics.

     The bronze room.—­Greek and Roman Bronzes.

     Etruscan room.—­Etruscan Vases

     Ethnographicalroom.—­Chinese Curiosities; Indian
     Curiosities; African Curiosities; American Curiosities

VISIT THE THIRD

     Egyptian saloon.—­Egyptian Sculpture; Egyptian
     Coffins; Egyptian Tombstones; Sepulchral Vases;
     Human Statues; Egyptian Sphinxes; Egyptian Frescoes.

     The Lycian room.—­Lycian Tombs; Lycian Sculpture.

     The Nimroud room.—­Assyrian Sculpture.

VISIT THE FOURTH

     Townley Sculpture; Antiquities of Britain.

     Phigaleian saloon.—­Battle with the Amazons.

     Elgin saloon.—­Elgin Marbles; Metopes of the Parthenon;
     Eastern Frieze; Northern Frieze; Western Frieze;
     Southern Frieze; Eastern Pediment; Western Pediment;
     Temple of the Erectheum; Temple of Theseus;
     Lantern of Demosthenes.

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION.

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