Letters to the Editor
Jun 09, 2021
2 minutes
Mark Hedges
For he’s a very good fellow
LORENZO GIUNTINI (1843–1920), whose splendid neo-Jacobean ceiling at Athelhampton, Dorset, you illustrate (‘), was an artist of some versatility. From 1883–85, he accompanied the Maya archaeologist Alfred Maud-slay to Guatemala and Honduras to cast monuments of ancient Maya kings, the largest at 33ft high. The sculptures needed multiple moulds and
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