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ROOM XIV. 
Antiquities. 
ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
The original is in the French collection. Pre- 
sentedy in 1820, hy Francis Chantrey, Esq. 
No. 101. A torso of Venus, of very fine 
sculpture. Purchased in IS21. 
No. 102. Torso of a male figure, in high relief, 
found in the island of Delos. Presented, in 
1819, by Capt. James Murray^ R. N. 
No. 103. Block of marble, which has proba¬ 
bly served as a railpost; on it is sculptured the 
foot of some animal. It \vas found at Delos. 
Presented hy Capt. James Murray. 
The fragments of mosaic pavement (placed 
for the present in this room) were found at 
Withington in Gloucestershire. They *were pre- 
sentedy in 1811, hy Henry Brooke, Esq. 
FIFTEENTH ROOM. 
ALL THE ARTICLES IN THIS ROOM, EXCEPT A FEW 
WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SPECIFIED, BELONG¬ 
ED TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. 
No. 1—15. Fifteen of the metopes belonging 
to the Parthenon, which, alternately with the 
triglyphs, ornamented the frieze of the entabla¬ 
ture surmounting the colonnade : they represent 
the battle between the Centaurs and Lapithae, 
or rather between the Centaurs and Athenians, 
who under Theseus joined the Lapithae (a peo¬ 
ple of Thessaly) in this contest. In some of 
these sculptures the Centaurs are victorious, in 
others 
