64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE l^RITLSH MUSEUM. 



Department or Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, &c. 



In the Terracotta Room the new cases on the South side 

 have been completed, and the terracottas have been replaced 

 in them ; pending the completion of the corresponding cases 

 on the North side, the remaining terracottas have been tem- 

 porarily withdrawn- The room hitherto called the Etruscan 

 Saloon has undergone an entire re-arrangement with a view 

 to the provision of space for the exhibition of a series of 

 objects illustrating the Public and Private Life of the Greeks 

 and Romans. Considerable progress ha.s been made with the 

 arrangement of objects for this exhibition. The terracotta 

 mural reliefs have been mounted on wooden doors fixed 

 within the cases, the object of this arrangement being to 

 render fresh storage space available. The two large terra- 

 cotta sarcophagi from the Etruscan Saloon have been moved 

 into the Terracotta Room, while many of the bronzes have 

 been transferred to the Bronze Room, where the cases have 

 also undergone considerable alteration with a view to a 

 re-arrangement of the bronzes. In the Fourth Vase Room a 

 table case has been specially fitted for the exhibition of 

 Greek and Italian vases with moulded designs. Casts of 

 several fragments have been procured from Athens and fitted 

 to the Parthenon Frieze. A re-arrangement of the sculpLures 

 in the Phigaleian Room has been made, and alterations have 

 been carried out in the Frieze in order to distinguish clearly 

 between the originals and the restorations. A series of 

 pictures illustrative of the sculptures has been framed and 

 placed in the Elgin and Phigaleian Rooms. The walls and 

 ceiling of the Ephesus Room have been re -painted, and the 

 sculptures have been moved for the purpose. The Choiseul- 

 Goufiier statue of Apollo has been removed from the Ante- 

 Room (where new wall-cases are being fitted), and placed in 

 the Archaic Room. A new door has been made giving access 

 to the Inscription Room from the Mausoleum Annexe ; the 

 inscriptions in the former room have been re-arranged. In 

 the Hall of Inscriptions the plaster cast of a restored capital 

 has been placed on the inscribed pier from Priene. 



The objects found in the excavations at Ephesus have 

 been temporarily exhibited in the Medal Room Lobby. 



A series of 46 labels giving a more detailed account of the 

 principal sculptures has been printed in the Department, and 

 aftixed to the pedestals in metal frames. 



Twenty-five new moulds and 4 new marble pedestals have 

 been made for the Department. One marble vase, 4 heads, 

 1 marble foot, part of a marble chair, 7 votive tablets, and 



