He wanted to save them.
What happened to the elgin marbles.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
The costs of shipping the marbles were paid out of lord elgin s own pocket.
The parthenon marbles greek.
The marbles in london were removed from the parthenon in the first decade of the 19th century under the auspices of thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin and were first exhibited in london in 1807.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
In 1816 parliament paid 350 000 for the parthenon marbles most of which went to elgin s many creditors and a new home was found at the british museum albeit initially in a shed.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
He spent a fortune doing this.
The elgin marbles.
What is commonly referred to today as the so called elgin marbles.
The elgin marbles is the nickname of a very large collection of marble sculptures that were taken from the ruins of the parthenon in greece and brought to britain back in 1801 to 1805 by 7th earl of elgin thomas bruce.
At its broadest the term elgin marbles refers to a collection of stone sculptures and architectural pieces which thomas bruce seventh lord elgin gathered during his service as ambassador to the court of the ottoman sultan in istanbul.
It all happened sometime between 1801 and 1805.
The parthenon marbles also known as the elgin marbles are one of the must see collections held by london s british museum beautiful and iconic they are given pride of place in the museum and considered one of the collection highlights but their situation there is not without its controversies.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.