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ROOM XXL 
Antiquities. 
GRAND 
CENTRAL 
SALOON. 
A draped portion of a female statue; the upper 
part has been naked, and sculptured from a separate 
block of marble. 
A head of one of the Dioscuri. 
No. 14. A head of Apollo. 
No. 15. A head of Cybele. 
No. 16. A head of a lion, which \yas a part of the 
same sarcophagus from which No. 5 was taken. 
Underneath, a cistern of green basalt, originally used 
as a bath. On the sides are carved two rings in imitation 
of handles, in the centre of which is a leaf of ivy. 
No. 17. A head of Minerva. 
No. 18. A colossal head of Antinous in the charac¬ 
ter of Bacchus; it is crowned with a wreath of ivy, 
No. 19. A shelf containing 
A head, apparently of a trumpeter. 
A head of Diana, the hair of which is drawn up 
from the sides, and tied in a knot at the top of the 
head. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
A head of a goat. 
Underneath, a small domestic fountain, of a square 
form, which was used for sacred purposes. 
No. 20. A bust of Minerva; the head only is an¬ 
tique. The helmet and the bust, which are of bronze, 
are, with some variations, copied from an ancient bust 
of Minerva which was formerly in the Vatican, but is 
now at Paris. Placed upon 
An upright narrow piece of marble, ornamented with 
branches of the olive and the pine. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. . - 
Against the square columns on the west side are 
placed 
A statue of Venus, preparing for the bath; of white 
marble. Presented by His Majesty King Wil¬ 
liam IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military 
dress ; the breast-plate is in high preservation, and 
richly ornamented. Purchased in 1821. 
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