RA Collection: People and Organisations
Soldier, politician, diplomat, collector, owner of quarries and coal-mines. While British ambassador to the Ottoman Sultan 1798-1803 he received permission to remove sculpture from the acropolis of Athens. Father of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-63), and Sir Frederick W.A. Wright-Bruce (1814-67).
Born: 20 July 1766
Died: 4 November 1841
Gender: Male
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy
Lettres Écrites De Londres A Rome, Et Addressées A M. Canova; Sur Les Marbres d'Elgin, ou les Sculptures du temple de Minerve à Athenes: Par M. Quatremère De Quincy. - - A Rome.: 1818.
07/4622
Memorandum On The Subject Of The Earl Of Elgin's Pursuits In Greece. - Second Edition, Corrected. - London:: 1815.
07/3108
Richard Lawrence
Elgin Marbles, From The Parthenon At Athens: Exemplified By Fifty Etchings, Selected From The Most Beautiful And Least Mutilated Specimens In That Collection; And Accompanied With Explanatory And Critical Remarks On The Style, Composition, And Peculiar Excellence Of Those Transcendent Relics Of Grecian Sculpture. By Richard Lawrence. - London:: 1818.
06/752
Ennio Quirino Visconti
A Letter From The Chevalier Antonio Canova: And Two Memoirs Read To The Royal Institute Of France On The Sculptures In The Collection Of The Earl Of Elgin; By The Chevalier E.Q. Visconti, Member Of The Class Of The Fine Arts, And Of The Class Of History And Ancient Literature; Author Of The Iconographie Grecque, And Of The Museo Pio-Clementino. Translated From The French And Italian. - London:: 1816.
05/1762