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is devoted to the smaller Egyptian Antiquities, to the Greek 
Vases, and the Bronzes, to the Ethnographical Collection, and 
to the Cabinet of Coins and Medals. On the Lower Floor, 
the Eastern portion of the South front, and part of the East 
Wing, are devoted to the Library of Manuscripts. The 
remainder of the East side, and the whole of the Northern 
side of the Quadrangle, are occupied by the Library of 
Printed Books. The Ground Floor of all the buildings to 
the west of the Quadrangle is appropriated to the more 
massive Egyptian Antiquities, and to the Greek and Roman 
Marbles, including the Townley, Elgin, and Phigaleian Col- 
lections, the Lycian Antiquities, and the Canning Marbles. 
The basement of a projecting building at the North West 
corner contains the general Collection of Insects; the apart- 
ments above which are devoted to the Prints and Drawings. 
Three Marble Statues, of modern sculpture, ornament 
the Hall. To the left, as the visitor enters, near the door 
which leads to the Gallery of Antiquities, stands a Statue 
of the late Hon. Mrs. Darner, holding in her hands a small 
figure of the Genius of the Thames ; and on the Eastern 
side, at the sides of the door of entrance to the Manuscript 
Department, Statues of Shakspeare, by Rouhilliac, and of 
the late Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., by Chan trey. 
The statue of Shakspeare was bequeathed by Garrick to the 
Museum after the death of his widow ; the statue of Sir 
Joseph Banks was presented by the personal friends at 
whose expense it was made. 
The building has been erected from the designs of Sir 
Robert Smirke. In 1846, declining health induced him to 
relinquish the charge, and his brother, Mr. Sydney Smirke, 
has since been engaged on the completion of the work. 
