Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, ( ELG-in; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens. (From Wikipedia) More about Thomas Bruce Elgin:
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Books by Thomas Bruce Elgin Books about Thomas Bruce Elgin: Filed under: Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841
7 additional books about Thomas Bruce Elgin in the extended shelves: Denkschrift über lord Elgin's erwerbungen in Griechenland. (F. A. Brockhaus, 1817), by William Richard Hamilton, Karl August Böttiger, Ennio Quirino Visconti, A. L. Millin, Benjamin West, and Weimarische kunst-freunde (page images at HathiTrust)
The Elgin marbles: with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens. (J. Duncan, 1837), by E. J. Burrow and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece : Second edition, corrected. (printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, 1815), by Thomas Bruce Elgin (page images at HathiTrust)
The Elgin marbles. (Ogles, Duncan, and Cochran, 1817), by E. J. Burrow and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece. (Printed for William Miller, by James Moyes, 1811), by William Hamilton, Henry Moses, A. L. Millin, and Benjamin West (page images at HathiTrust)
Antiquités grecques (Chez Weissenbruch, imprimeur du roi et de la ville, rue du Musée, no. 1057, 1820), by William Hamilton, B. Barère, A. L. Millin, and Benjamin West (page images at HathiTrust)
The Elgin marbles : with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (Ogles, Duncan, and Cochran, 1817), by E. J. Burrow and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles. (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Thomas Bruce Elgin: Books in the extended shelves: Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841: Letter to the editor of the Edinburgh Review : on the subject of an article in No. L of that journal, on "The remains of John Tweddell" (Printed for John Murray ... ;, 1816) (page images at HathiTrust) Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841: Lettre du Chev. Antonio Canova et deux mémoires lus à l'institut royal de France sur les ouvrages de sculpture dans la collection de Mylord Comte d'Elgin (Chez J. Murray, 1816), also by E. Q. Visconti and Antonio Canova (page images at HathiTrust) Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841: Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece : Second edition, corrected. (printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, 1815) (page images at HathiTrust) Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841: Postscript to a letter to the editor of the Edinburgh Review. (Printed for J. Murray [etc., etc.], 1816) (page images at HathiTrust)
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