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A caryatid from the Erechtheion, standing in contrapposto, displayed at the British Museum.

In 1800 one the caryatid and the north column of the east porch together with the overlying section of the entablature were removed by Lord Elgin in order to decorate his Scottish mansion, and were later sold to the British Museum (along with the pedimental and frieze sculpture taken from the Parthenon
Date Taken on 2 January 2018, 15:11
Source Caryatid
Author George M. Groutas from Limassol, Cyprus, Cyprus
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london, england, british museum, caryatid, uk, caryatids, καρυάτις, καρυάτιδες, ερέχθειο
Camera location51° 31′ 10.17″ N, 0° 07′ 38.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by George M. Groutas at https://flickr.com/photos/22083482@N03/39739996911. It was reviewed on 11 August 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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