John Henning (1771–1851)
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John Henning was a Scottish sculptor who began his career as a carpenter. His masterpieces were the one-twentieth-scale models he created of the Parthenon and Bassae friezes. These took him twelve yea
John Henning by Robert Scott Lauder
Parthenon Frieze
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The Parthenon Frieze is the low-relief Pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon's naos.
John Henning (1771–1851)
…8 April 1851) was a Scottish sculptor who began his career as a carpenter. His masterpieces were the one-twentieth-scale models he created of the Parthenon and Bassae friezes. These took him twelve years to complete. Many others then copied this idea but he could not copyright the work of a long-dead artist…
Cavalry from the Parthenon Frieze, West II, 2–3, British Museum
Lawrence Alma-Tadema's 1868 Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, reflecting contemporary reconstructions of the frieze's colour
West frieze, XLVII, 132–136, British Museum
Weavers section of the frieze, East VII, 49–56, Louvre, (MR 825)