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 lOO THE PARTHENON AND ITS SCULPTURES. casts taken from it have been lost. Now the heads and other details on the terra-cottas are remarkably good, and it seems to be held that the slabs from which they were taken must then have been far more perfect* I cannot, however, agree with this view, and I see no difficulty in thinking that a skilful modeller Fig. 89. — W. Metopes, No. i. Restored. working on casts of the slabs as now in the Museum could, from their indications, make as true a restoration. In the text of the " Museum Worsleyanum " we are told that this particular slab was lying on the ground outside the west front in 1786. The slab itself shows that it has been subjected to treatment different
 * Collignon.