East Frieze. The Battle of the Greeks and Trojans. Gorgons Head from the Shield of Menelaos

© Estate of Clarence Kennedy

East Frieze. The Battle of the Greeks and Trojans. Gorgons Head from the Shield of Menelaos

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East Frieze. The Battle of the Greeks and Trojans. Gorgons Head from the Shield of Menelaos,

1929

Clarence Kennedy, American, 1892–1972
x1975-75.39

Information

Title
East Frieze. The Battle of the Greeks and Trojans. Gorgons Head from the Shield of Menelaos
Dates

1929

Maker
Clarence Kennedy
Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 17 × 13.2 cm (6 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
mount: 49.5 × 30.5 cm (19 1/2 × 12 in.)

Credit Line

Transferred from Section of Slides and Photographs, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Object Number
x1975-75.39
Place Made

North America, United States, Massachusetts, Northampton

Place Depicted

Europe, Greece, Delphi, Treasury of Siphnos

Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, mounting
Subject
battles, gorgons, friezes (entablature components), sculpture, shields (armor), Greek mythology, faces

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