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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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ment to a serpent’s head, in which a leaden pipe was introduced, part 
of which still remains in the mouth. Found in 1776, near the road 
between Tivoli and Prseneste. Pt. I. PI. x. 
No. 11. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up at the foot of Mount 
Vesuvius, where it had been buried by the lava of that volcana. From 
the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 1. PI. xi. 
No. 12. A colossal head of Hercules, in a very ancient style of 
Greek sculpture. Found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton in 1769, at the 
Pantanella in Hadrian’s Villa. Pt. 1. PI. xil. 
No. 13. A fragment of one of the three supports of a tripod basin, 
composed of the head and neck of a lion. On the forehead are the 
horns of a goat. Found in 1769, in the Pantanella. Pt. 1. PI. xm. 
No. 14. The capital or upper division of a votive cippus, represent¬ 
ing two birds, in bas-relief, drinking. Pt. 1. PI. xiv. 
No. 15. The key-stone of a triumphal arch, ornamented with a 
figure of Victory elaborately hollowed out between the two volutes. 
This fragment is inserted in a modern pedestal. Found in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Frascati, twelve miles from Rome. Pt. 1. PI. xv. 
No. 16. A colossal head of Minerva, a specimen of early Greek 
work. It is two feet one inch in height, and was found in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Rome, by the late Mr. Gavin Hamilton, who sent it to 
England in 1787. Pt. 1. PI. xvi. 
THIRD ROOM. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
No. 1. A bas-relief, representing an old Faun struggling with a 
nymph. Pt. 2. PI. i. 
No. 2. Ditto, representing a candelabrum, formerly in the collec¬ 
tion of the Mattei family. Pt. 2. PI. ii. 
No. 3. Ditto, representing a funeral column, near which is a statue 
of the god of Lampsacus. Pt. 2. PI. in. 
No. 4. Ditto, representing Bacchus received as a guest by Icarus. 
Pt. 2. PI. iv. 
No. 5. Ditto, representing warriors consulting the oracle of Apollo. 
It was presented to Mr. Townley by the Duke of Bedford in 1805. 
Pt. 2. PL v. 
No. 6. Ditto, in the flat early style of Grecian sculpture. It repre¬ 
sents Castor managing a horse. Found in the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa, 
about the year 1769. Pt. 2. Pl. vi. 
No. 7. Ditto, representing Hercules securing the Msenalian stag, 
which, at the command of Eurystheus, he had pursued a whole 
year in the forest of Arcadia. It is in a very early style. Pt. 2. 
PL vii. 
No. 8. Blank. 
No. 9. A bas-relief, divided into three compartments. In the 
upper division, the infant Bacchus is represented riding on a goat; in 
the middle, a Triton, in attendance on Venus, is seizing a marine bull 
by the horns ; and in the lower division is a company of hunters return¬ 
ing home with their spoil. It belonged to Pope Sixtus V., and w r as 
formerly in the Villa Montalto. Pt. 2. PL ix. 
No. 10. A bas-relief, representing a festoon of vine branches suspend- 
