Image: Tools used for the cleaning of the Elgin Marbles

Description: This image is being used to illustrate the article of Elgin Marbles and is used for informational or educational purposes only. The photo shows the tools used in the 1937-8 cleaning of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. It comes from Andrew Oddy, "The Conservation of Marble Sculptures in the British Museum before 1975" in Studies in Conservation, Vol. 47, No. 3, (2002), p. 149 and has a British Museum copyright. It illustrates the kind of tools used in the cleaning of the Elgin Marbles in 1937: seven scrapers, one chisel and a piece of carborundum stone, now deposited in the Museum's, Conservation Department
Title: Tools used for the cleaning of the Elgin Marbles
Credit: Found at: Andrew Oddy THE CONSERVATION OF MARBLE SCULPTURES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM BEFORE 1975 Volume 47 No. 3 It is of low resolution. Image is needed as a visual illustration of the controversial techniques of conservation applied to the marbles, which are extensively discussed in the article and provides critical commentary of the tools in the article. As such the picture is claimed as fair use.
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