116 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL 
No. 8. A statue of Venus or Dione, naked to the waist, and co- 
vered with drapery thence downwards. It was found in the ruins of 
the Maritime Baths of Claudius, at Ostia, in the year 1776. Pt. 1. 
PL vm. 
No. 8*. A group of Bacchus and Ampelus. Found, a.d. 1772, 
near La Storta, on the road to Florence, about eight miles from Rome. * 
No. 9. A vase two feet eight inches high, of an oval form, with two 
upright double handles, which spring from the necks of swans. The 
body of the vase in front is enriched with a group of Bacchanalians. 
Pt. 1. Pl. ix. 
No. 9*. Head of the young Hercules. Formerly in the Barberini 
Palace. 
No. 10. A fountain ornamented with ivy and olive branches. The 
water was conveyed through a perforation in the back part of this monu- 
ment to a serpent’s head, in which a leaden pipe was introduced, part 
of which still remains in the mouth. Found in 1776, near the road 
between Tivoli and Prseneste. Pt. 1 . PL x. 
No. 10*. A head, supposed to be that of Dione. 
No. 11. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up at the foot of Mount 
Vesuvius, where it had been buried by the lava of that volcano. From i 
the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 1 . PL xi. j 
No. 11*. A statue of Diana: found in the year 1772, near La 
Storta, at the same spot where the group of Bacchus and Ampelus, i 
No. 8*, was discovered. Pt. 3. PL xiv. 
No. 12. A colossal head of Llercules, in a very ancient style of 
Greek sculpture. Found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton in 1769, at the 
Pantanella in Hadrian’s Villa. Pt. 1. PL xn. 
No. 12*. A bust of Hadrian, with the breast naked. Formerly in 
the Villa Montalto. 
No. 13. A fragment of one of the three supports of a tripod basin, 
composed of the head and neck of a lion. On the forehead are the 
horns of a goat. Found in 1769, in the Pantanella. Pt. 1. PL xiii. 
No. 1 4. The capital or upper division of a votive cippus, represent- 
ing two birds, in bas-relief, drinking. Pt. 1. Pl. xiv. 
No. 15. The key-stone of a triumphal arch, ornamented with a 
figure of Victory elaborately hollowed out between the two vo- f 
lutes. This fragment is inserted in a modern pedestal. Found in the 
neighbourhood of Frascati, twelve miles from Rome. Pt. 1. PL xv. 
No. 16. A colossal head of Minerva, a specimen of early Greek 
work. It is two feet one inch in height, and was found in the neigh- 
bourhood of Rome, by the late Mr. Gavin Hamilton, who sent it to 
England in 1787. Pt. 1. PL xvi. 
No. 17. Two terminal heads, joined back to back ; one of the 
bearded Bacchus, the other of Libera. Found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton 
in an excavation in the neighbourhood of Rome. Pt. 2. PL xvn. 
No. 18. A statue of the goddess Fortune. She bears a modius upon 
her head. Her right hand holds the rudder of a vessel, the lower part 
of which rests upon a globe, whilst the left arm supports a cornucopise 
filled with fruits. This statue was found near the Via Latina, a short 
distance from Rome. Pt. 2. PL xvm. 
No. 19. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus, of very early 
Greek work. This head was found in 1790, in that part of Hadrian’s 
