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ante-boom, are executed in relief, are of a beautiful opaque 
Antiquities, white, and the ground, which is in perfect har- 
mony with the figures, is of a dark transparent 
blue. The subject of these figures is extremely 
obscure, and has not hitherto received a satis- 
factory elucidation ; but the design and the sculp- 
ture are both truly admirable. 
This superb specimen of Greek art was depo- 
sited in the British Museum, in 1810, by his 
Grace the present Duke of Portland. 
No. 2. An ancient painting in fresco, repre- 
senting deer; it wasfound in a subterraneous cham- 
ber at Scrofano, about sixteen miles from Rome. 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 3. A bas-relief, in stucco, representing 
a winged boy, or genius, carrying a pedum across 
his right shoulder. From the collection of Sir 
William Hamilton. 
No. 4. An ancient painting in fresco, repre- 
senting a female figure holding a patera on which 
a vase is placed. Presented, in 177 1 > ty t ne 
Earl of Exeter. 
Xo. 5. An ancient painting in fresco, re- 
presenting two females seated, in the arabesque 
style, on the curling branches of a plant ; one 
of them is holding a vase, the other a tambourin. 
Between these figures is a bas-relief, in stucco, 
representing a human head surrounded with ivy, 
and 
