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room xiv. ject of these sculptures is the battle of the Cen- 
Antiquities. taurs and Lapithae. 
No. 74—88. Casts in plaster of the whole of 
the frieze at the west end of the Parthenon; these 
casts are arranged in the order in which the ori¬ 
ginal marbles were placed in the temple. 
No. 89—97. Casts in plaster of the frieze of 
the Choragic monument of Lysicrates, commonly 
called the Lanthern of Demosthenes. The sub¬ 
ject of this frieze is the story of Bacchus and the 
Tyrrhenian pirates. 
Nos. 98, 99. Casts in plaster, from one of the 
ends of the celebrated sarcophagus in the cathe¬ 
dral church at Agrigentum, which represents the 
story of Phaedra and Hippolitus. Phaedra is here 
represented surrounded by her female domestics, 
and plunged into grief at the refusal of Hippoly- 
tus, which has just been communicated to her. 
The attendants are endeavouring in various ways 
to console their mistress, and some of them at¬ 
tempt to alleviate her distress by the sounds of 
their instruments. 
No. 100. A cast in plaster of a portion of the 
frieze from the east front of the Parthenon. The 
original is in the French collection. Presented , 
in 1820, by Francis Chantrey , Esq . 
No. 101. A torso of Venus, of very fine sculp¬ 
ture. Purchased in 1821. 
The fragments of mosaic pavement (placed 
for the present in this room) were found at Wi- 
thington 
