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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[ROOM VI. 
No. 6. A colossal head of Marcus Aurelius, represented in the cha¬ 
racter of one of the Fratres Arvales. It was formerly in the Mattel 
Collection. Pt. 3. PI. ix. 
No. 7. A colossal bust of Lucius Verus, covered with the impe¬ 
rial paludamentum. Pt. 3. PI. x. 
No. 8. A group of Bacchus and Ampelus. This beautiful and in¬ 
teresting group was found in the year 1772, near La Storta, about eight 
miles from Rome, in the road leading to Florence. Pt. 3. PI. xi. 
No. 9. A head of the young Hercules. Formerly in the Barberini 
palace. Pt. 3. PI. xn. 
No. 10. A head, supposed to be that of Dione. Pt. 3. PL xm. 
No. 11. A statue of Diana: found in the year 1772, near La 
Storta, at the same spot where the group of Bacchus and Ampelus was 
discovered. Pt. 3. Pl. xrv. 
No. 12. A bust of Hadrian, with the breast naked. Formerly in 
the Villa Montalto. Pt. 3. Pl. xv. 
FIFTH ROOM. 
The contents of this Room have been removed to the south recess of 
the Ante-room of the Phigalian Saloon. 
In a temporary Building, opposite the Fifth Room, is 
placed the large and valuable collection of casts, chiefly architectural, 
which belonged to the late Sir Thomas Lawrence. They were be¬ 
queathed by him, on payment of a sum much inferior to their real 
value, to the Royal Academy, by whom they were presented to the 
British Museum. 
On the left hand, next the floor, are five plaster casts of the very re¬ 
markable sculptured Metopes discovered at Selinus in Sicily by Mr. 
Harris and Mr. Angell, in the year 1823. Presented to the Museum 
by Samuel Angell , Esq. * 
The fragments of mosaic pavement in this Room were found at 
Withington in Gloucestershire. They were presented, in 1811, by 
Henry Brooke , Esq. 
Three paintings; the Cromlech at Plas Newydd, Anglesea; Stone¬ 
henge; the Tolmen at ConstanLne, Cornwall. Presented by Richard 
Tongue , Esq., 1837. 
Models of the Trevethy Stone near St. Cleer; the Chunquoit in 
Cornwall; Lanyon quoit near Penzance; Double Cromlech at Plas 
Newydd, Anglesea; Cromlech at Duffrin. Presented by Richard 
Tongue , Esq., 1828—32. 
SIXTH ROOM. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
No. 1. A medallion, representing in profile the bust of an unknown 
Greek philosopher. It was purchased in a palace in Florence in 1771. 
No. 2. Part of the front of a sarcophagus, representing Achilles 
among the daughters of Lycomedes. 
No. 3. A bas-relief, cut from the end of a sarcophagus; it repre¬ 
sents two Fauns punishing a Satyr. 
No. 4. Part of the front of a large sarcophagus, representing a 
marriage. 
