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No. 13. A Sarcophagus, on which is represented the 

 lamentation of a family over a female corpse. Opposite 

 this room is a building containing a large collection of 

 Casts, chiefly architectural, belonging to the late Sir 

 Thomas Lawrence. The Book placed at the entrance 

 is that in which students write their names each day 

 they come to draw. In the centre oi" the room, under a 

 glass case, is a beautiful Bas-relief, the figures of which, 

 are very excellent. 



Sixth Room 



contains a continuation of Greek and Roman Sculptures 

 Nos. 1 to 14. are Bas-reliefs taken from the front of 

 Sarcophagi; No. 12 is the most worthy of notice, 

 being very spirited. It represents a Bacchanalian pro- 

 cession. 



Nos. 19 and 24. Altars of R,oman work, ornamented 

 with Egyptian figures : upon the latter is a Satyr. 

 No. 20. A Torso of a small statue of Venus. 

 Nos. 26 and 31. Figures of Victory, sacrificing Bulls. 

 No. 27. A Bust of Hadrian. 



No. 28. A Bas-relief representing a female Bacchante 

 clothed in thin flowing drapery, through which the 

 beauty of her form is distinctly seen : upon it is the 

 head of a child. 



No. 34. A Bronze Statue of a Roman Emperor. 



No. 40. A fine Statue of Libera. 



No. 44. The Head of Nero. 



No. 47. A highly animated Head of one of the Ho- 

 meric heroes. 



No. 64. The front of a Votive Altar, on which is an 

 inscription praying for the safe return of Septimius Sev- 

 erus and his family, from some expedition. It is suppo- 

 sed the part erased contained the name of Geta, which 

 name the Emperor Caracalla had, by an express edict, 

 ordered to be erased from every inscription throughout 

 the Roman Empire. 



