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ROOM I. 
Antiquities. 
GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
FIRST ROOM. 
TERRACOTTAS. 
All the Articles in the following Catalogue of Antiquities , 
unless where it is otherwise specified , belonged to the 
Collection of the late Charles Towneley , Esq. More 
ample descriptions , with Plates, of the Antiquities con- 
tamed in the British Museum , are in the course of 
publication ; and references to the six parts already 
published are affixed to those articles which have been 
therein engraved. 
Over the door which fronts the entrance into this 
room, is a bust of Charles Towneley, Esq. to whose 
profound knowledge of ancient Sculpture, and zeal in 
the acquisition of the finest specimens of it, the nation 
is indebted for the formation of a considerable, part of 
the splendid collection of Terracottas and Marbles 
contained in this gallery. The bust was presented by 
his uncle, John Towneley, Esq. It is executed in 
marble by Mr. Nollekens. 
No. 1. A female statue, probably one of the Muses. 
PI. in. 
No. 2. An Amphora. 
No. 3. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus. 
PI. xxxvii. f. 75. 
No. 4. A bas-relief, representing a combat between 
two Amazons and two Griffins. PI. iv. f. 4. 
No. 5. Ditto, representing the head of a Triton, on 
each side of which is a Cupid riding on a dolphin. 
PI. iv. f. 5. 
No. 6. Ditto, representing a group of Silenus and 
Cupid, before whom is a female Bacchante dancing, 
and playing on the tambourin. PI. v. 
No. 7. 
