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18 de may. de 2024 · Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. by George Perfect Harding, after Anton Graff. pen, grey wash and pencil, early 19th century, based on a work of 1787. NPG 5733. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Major-General; brought the 'Elgin' marbles to England.
Lord Elgin, by Anton Graff, c. 1788. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, FSA Scot ( /ˈɛlɡɪn/; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a British nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the ...
31 de jul. de 2021 · It was July 31, 1801, when Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Constantinople, chipped away the first Parthenon sculptures in Athens so that he could take them to Britain. This would ultimately become the beginning of a two-century-old story of a cultural dispute between two friends and allies: Greece and ...
26 de oct. de 2020 · The name of Lord Elgin (1766–1841), Scottish peer and British diplomat, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, will forever be linked to the classical sculptures he removed from the Parthenon and Acropolis in Athens and to the cultural property controversy that his actions spawned. The fate of the “Elgin Marbles,” sold by Elgin to ...
24 de ago. de 2016 · Thomas Bruce Elgin, 7th earl of, 1766–1841, British diplomat. He served on diplomatic missions to Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, and Constantinople. While in Constantinople (1799–1803), he arranged for the so-called Elgin Marbles [1] to be brought to England.
Thomas Bruce dit Lord Elgin, né le 20 juillet 1766 dans la résidence familiale de Broomhall House (Fife) et mort le 14 novembre 1841 à Paris, 7e comte d'Elgin et 11e comte de Kincardine, fut un diplomate et militaire britannique, surtout connu pour avoir transporté le décor sculpté du Parthénon d'Athènes à Londres.
Earl of Elgin. Earl of Elgin / ˈɛlɡɪn / is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, in the Peerage of England on 30 July 1641. The Earl of Elgin is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Bruce. [1]
