210 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM XI. 
Upon it is a circular altar. Formerly belonging to Col. Hooke, 
and presented, in 1825, by A. E. Impey, Esq. 
On this is placed a fragment of a youthful statue. 
No. 21. A statue of Mercury, sleeping upon a rock. It was found 
near Roma Vecchia, with many other specimens of excellent sculpture, 
among some ruins which are generally believed to be the remains of a 
villa of Domitian’s nurse. 
No. 22. A Greek altar, of a square form, ornamented with sphinxes. 
Presented , in 1775, by Sir William Hamilton. 
Upon it is a statue of Bacchus, represented as a boy about five years 
old. The head is crowned with a wreath of ivy, and the body is partly 
covered with the skin of a goat, the legs of which are tied across the 
breast. This little statue was found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in the 
ruins of the villa of Antoninus Pius, near the ancient Lanuvium. 
No. 23. A statue of Cupid winged, bending his bow. Purchased, 
in 1812, at the sale of the late Right Hon. Edmund Burke's Marbles. 
No. 24. A bronze statue of Hercules carrying away the apples 
from the garden of the Hesperides. Pt. 3. PI. n. 
Beneath, is one of the feet, or supports, of an ancient tripod table. 
Pt. 3. PL hi. 
No. 25. A large sepulchral cippus, with an inscription to M. Clo- 
dius Herma, Annius Felix, and Tyrannus. 
Upon it is a circular sepulchral vessel of stone, inscribed with the 
name of Phsenariste, the wife of Philophanus. 
No. 26. A Greek funeral monument, with a bas-relief and an in¬ 
scription. It is to the memory of a person named Alexander, a native 
of Bithynia. This marble, brought from Smyrna, was presented to the 
Museum, in 1772, by Matthew Duane , Esq., and Thomas Tyrwhitt , 
Esq. 
No. 27. A small statue of Neptune, standing, with a dolphin by his 
side. Presented by J. S. Gaskoin, Esq., 1836. 
No. 28. A shelf, containing * 
An unknown bust, the head perfectly bald. 
An unknown bust of a female. 
A bust of Diogenes the Cynic. All bequeathed by the late R . P. 
Knight, Esq. 
Underneath, a fragment of a bas-relief, bearing a figure of a youthful 
Hercules. 
Part of a bas-relief, representing four horses’ heads from a quadriga, 
and a hand. 
No. 29. A chair, after the model of an invalid’s chair : found in 
the Antonine Baths. 
A cinerary urn of marble; on the cover is a recumbent female figure. 
On the front is a bas-relief, representing Penthesilea dragged by the 
hair from her chariot by Achilles armed with a drawn sword. 
A square altar r dedicated by Aur. Thimoteus to Diana; the three 
other sides are decorated with rude sculptures. 
No. 30. Bust of iEschines, inscribed with his name, from Bitolia 
in the ancient Pelagonia. Presented by Col. Leake , 1839. 
No. 31. Greek sepulchral monument of Tryphon, the son of Euty- 
chus, who is represented standing, nearly the size of life, holding in his 
