150 
GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM VI* 
Upon it, a votive statue of a fisherman, who is carrying 
a round leathern bucket suspended from his left arm* 
The head is covered with a mariner's bonnet, and a 
dolphin serves as a support to the figure. 
No. 46. A small scenic figure, sitting on a square 
plinth. The face is covered with a comic mask. 
No. 47* A head of one of the Homeric heroes. It is 
highly animated, and is looking upwards, apparently in 
^reat agitation. Pt. 2. PI. xxm. 
No. 48. A small statue of Jupiter sitting. He is re¬ 
presented in his twofold capacity, as king of the upper 
and lower regions. 
No. 49. A Greek funeral monument of Democles, 
the son of Democles, with a bas-relief and an inscription 
in eight elegiac verses. It was brought from Smyrna. 
Presented , in 1772, by Matthew Duane, Esqand 
Thomas Tyrwhiit , Esq . 
No. 50. A votive altar sacred to Bacchus. On the 
front, Silenus is represented riding on a panther. 
Upon it, a votive statue of a fisherman, holding a 
basket of fish in his left hand. 
No. 51. A bust of Caracalla; the head only is antique. 
No. 52. A group of two dogs, one of which is biting 
the ear of the other in play. 
No. 53. An unknown bust, dressed in the Roman toga. 
No. 54. A bas-relief, representing Priam in the act 
of supplicating Achilles to deliver to him the body of his 
son Hector. 
Upon it, a head of a female child. The hair is divided 
into plaits, which are twisted into a knot on the back part 
of the head. Some of the red paint, with which the hair 
was originally coloured, is still visible. 
No. 55. A bust of Gordianus Africanus the elder, 
dressed in the Roman toga. 
No. 56. A sphinx, which anciently formed part of the 
base of a superb candelabrum. 
No. 57. The front of the cover of a magnificent sar¬ 
cophagus. It represents a group of cattle, on' one side 
of which is an old Faun, and on the other a young Faun, 
both recumbent. 
Upon it, two tiles in terracotta, brought from Athens ; 
the fronts are painted. Purchased in 1815. 
