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ed from the skulls of bulls. In the centre, above the festoon, is a mask of 
a Faun. It has served as a decoration in the inside of a circular build¬ 
ing, probably dedicated to Bacchus. Pt. 2. PL x. 
No. 11. Ditto, representing the Dioscuri on horseback. From the 
collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 2. PI. xi. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a Bacchanalian group, consisting of 
three figures ; the first a Bacchante playing on the tambourin ; the se¬ 
cond, a Faun playing on the double pipe ; and the third, an intoxicated 
Faun holding a thyrsus. It was found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in 
1776, at Civita Vecchia, about five miles from Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xn. 
No. 13. Ditto, representing Victory offering a libation to Apollo 
Musagetes. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 2. 
PI. XIII. 
No. 14. Ditto, which has served as an ornament on the outside of 
a circular building. It consists of a couple of branches issuing from one 
stem, and curling in opposite directions. Pt. 2. PI. xiv. 
No. 15. Ditto, representing the Centaur Nessus carrying Deianira 
in his arms. It was formerly in the Verospi Palace at Rome. Pt. 2. 
PI. xv. 
No. 16. Ditto, representing a cow suckling her calf, and drinking 
out of a circular vessel. Pt. 2. PI. xvi. 
No. 17. Two terminal heads, joined back to back; one of the 
bearded Bacchus, the other of Libera. Found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton 
in an excavation in the neighbourhood of Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xvn. 
No. 18. A statue of the goddess Fortune. She bears a modius upon 
her head. Her right hand holds the rudder of a vessel, the lower part 
of which rests upon a globe, whilst the left arm supports a cornucopise 
filled with fruits. This statue was found near the Via Latina, a short 
distance from Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xviii. 
No. 19. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus, of very early 
Greek wmrk. This head was found in 1790, in that pan of Hadrian’s 
Villa Tiburtina supposed to have been the Picture Gallery. Pt. 2. 
PI. XIX. 
No. 20. A head of Hippocrates : found near Albano, amongst what 
are supposed to be the remains of the villa of Marcus Varro. Pt. 2. 
PI. xx. 
No. 2i. A terminal head of Mercury. Purchased in 1812, at the 
sale of Antiquities belonging to William Chinnery , Esq. Pt. 2. 
PI. XXI. 
No. 22. A statue of Venus. It was found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, 
in an ancient bath at Ostia, in 1775. Pt. 2. PL xxii. 
No. 23. A bas-relief, representing the apotheosis, or deification, of 
Homer. The Father of Poetry is seated on a throne at the foot of 
Mount Parnassus, the residence of the Muses. Before the poet is a 
group of figures offering up sacrifices to him. Above are Apollo and 
the Nine Muses; and on the summit of the mountain is Jupiter, who 
appears to be giving his sanction to the divine honours which are paid 
to Homer. This highly interesting bas-relief was found about the 
middle of the 17th century, at Frattochi, the ancient Bovillge, on the 
Appian road, ten miles from Rome. It w T as for many years in the 
Colonna Palace, at Rome, and was purchased for the British Museum 
in the year 1819, at the expense of £1000. 
