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The Ruins...
...are part of a collection of stones gifted by Libya. In 1816 Colonel Hanmer Warrington, Consul General in Tripoli, persuaded
the local Governor that the Prince Regent (later George IV) should receive a series of stones from Leptis Magna as a gift.
Permission was given for the British officer, Commander W.H.Smythe, to remove columns and stones.
22 granite columns, 15 marble columns, 10 capitals, 25 pedestals, 7 loose slabs, 10 pieces of cornice, 5 inscribed slabs and
various fragments of figure sculpture, some of grey limestone were shipped to England.
After a stay at the British Museum, it was decided to transfer the stones to Windsor Great Park and they were transported on gun carriages, in twelve loads, between August and October 1826.
This Photograph shows only part of the collection.
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The Ruins...
...are part of a collection of stones gifted by Libya. In 1816 Colonel Hanmer Warrington, Consul General in Tripoli, persuaded
the local Governor that the Prince Regent (later George IV) should receive a series of stones from Leptis Magna as a gift.
Permission was given for the British officer, Commander W.H.Smythe, to remove columns and stones.
22 granite columns, 15 marble columns, 10 capitals, 25 pedestals, 7 loose slabs, 10 pieces of cornice, 5 inscribed slabs and
various fragments of figure sculpture, some of grey limestone were shipped to England.
After a stay at the British Museum, it was decided to transfer the stones to Windsor Great Park and they were transported on gun carriages, in twelve loads, between August and October 1826.
This Photograph shows only part of the collection.
812_0316-1