104 Dr. Mac Culloch's Sketch of the 



ing in the lesser works, and is thus inapplicable to the details of 

 small sculptures in relief. It is nevertheless susceptible of a good 

 polish, a quality however, of little value in the eyes of the statuary, 

 and one which in this variety only serves to render the defects of its 

 texture more apparent. It is also said to have been deficient in 

 size, since it was so intersected by fissures as to be incapable of 

 yielding blocks of more than five feet in length. I may add that 

 in the present state of the public habits with regard to white marbles, 

 there is no demand for modern works executed in Parian marble. 

 Its celebrity is consigned to the metaphors of poets. 



It will afford satisfaction to those who are interested in the arts to 

 point out such works in the British Museum as appear to have been 

 executed in Parian marble, or in one of similar character. 



A Cupid bending his bow. This specimen is rather of a finer 

 grain than the generality. It may perhaps belong to that marble 

 called by the Italian sculptors marmo statuario, but this question 

 cannot be determined without a fresh fracture. 



A bust of Minerva. 



Aratus, a bust. This also Is of a fine grain like the Cupid. 



A Venus, of a similar grain, and agreeing with the character of 

 the marmo statuario. 



Zeno, a bust, of a very coarse grain. 



A terminal head of Bacchus. 



A terminal head of Mercury. 



A Jupiter Serapis. 



Bacchus and Ampelus. 



Marcus Aurelius, a bust. 



There are others, but it is not requisite to enumerate them. 



A marble of a much finer grain, and capable of a high polish, 

 is described by the ancients, as found near the river Coralus in 



