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<DIV>Michael Whitworth, who is editing “Night and Day” for CUP has kindly
provided me with the BM link to the head in question:</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV>On 28 Jul 2013, at 07:16, Stuart N. Clarke <<A
href="mailto:stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com">stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com</A>>
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<DIV>VW wrote Ulysses, rather than Odysseus (which is what he’s called in the
Swedish translations of “Jacob’s Room”).</DIV>
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<DIV>The editors of the annotated editions of “Night and Day” and “Jacob’s
Room” seem to have struggled with this ref. J. H. Stape in the
Shakespeare Head “Night and Day” (1994) says: “The head only of a middle-aged
slightly bearded man wearing a conical bonnet. It is not part of the
Parthenon sculptures and may have formed part of a funerary monument” (p.
421). Julia Briggs in the Penguin (1992) seems to imply that the statue
in question *is* part of the Elgin Marbles: “among these was a head wearing a
sailor’s cap, thought to represent Ulysses” (p. 438). Suzanne Raitt
(OUP, 1992) says it’s one of the Parthenon sculptures (p. 539).</DIV>
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<DIV>Sorry to bore you! At last I’ve found it: Edward L. Bishop in the
Shakespeare Head “Jacob’s Room” (2004) says: “described as the ‘Head of
Odysseus?’ in A. H. Smith’s Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Roman
Antiquities, British Museum, London 1892” – and he provides an illustration
(p. xxxviii). The head is wearing a conical cap, but doesn’t seem to
have a beard. He certainly is “battered”, and would not help any of us
to recognise Jacob, even if the head “works” for Fanny Elmer.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bear in mind that the Elgin Marbles are not now displayed as Woolf would
have seen them. The BM says: “In the nineteenth century the term 'Elgin
Marbles' was used to describe the collection, which was housed in the Elgin
Room at the British Museum, completed in 1832, where it remained until the
Duveen Gallery (Room 18) was built [in 1939].</DIV>
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href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx">http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx</A></DIV>
<DIV>The Elgin Marbles are not just the Parthenon frieze:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#565656 size=2>“The 'Elgin Marbles' is a popular term that in
its widest use may refer to the collection of stone objects - sculptures,
inscriptions and architectural features - acquired by Lord Elgin during his
time as ambassador to the Ottoman court of the Sultan in Istanbul. More
specifically, and more usually, it is used to refer to those sculptures,
inscriptions and architectural features that he acquired in Athens between
1801 and 1805. These objects were purchased by the British Parliament from
Lord Elgin in 1816 and presented by Parliament to the British
Museum.</FONT></DIV>
<P
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color=#565656 size=2>“The collection includes sculptures from the Parthenon,
roughly half of what now survives: 247 feet of the original 524 feet of
frieze; 15 of 92 metopes; 17 figures from the pediments, and various other
pieces of architecture. It also includes objects from other buildings on the
Acropolis: the Erechtheion, the Propylaia, and the Temple of Athena
Nike.”</FONT></P>
<DIV>In this modern digital age, it should be easy to find a contemporary
image of the head, and discover where to see it in the BM – but I can’t!</DIV>
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<DIV>It seems reasonable to conclude that this head was displayed in the Elgin
Room, labelled ‘Head of Odysseus?’, where Woolf saw it. But more
evidence is needed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
title=lisbeth.larsson@lit.gu.se
href="mailto:lisbeth.larsson@lit.gu.se">Lisbeth Larsson</A></DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Saturday, July
27, 2013 10:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
title=vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[Vwoolf]
Odysseus at British Museum</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr">Dear Woolf
researchers, could anyone help me. In Night and Day as well as Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf mentions a statue of Odysseus at British Museum. However I have
not found anyone. Is it fiction?<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><BR>Lisbeth Larsson
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<DIV class=PlainText>Professor Dr. Lisbeth Larsson<BR>Department of
Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion (LIR)<BR>University of
Gothenburg<BR>Box 200<BR>405 30 Göteborg<BR>phone: + 46 (0)31 786 4556<BR>Fax:
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