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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL SALOON* 
A head of a goat. 
Underneath, a small domestic fountain, of a square form, which was 
used for sacred purposes. 
No. 20. A bust of Minerva; the head only is antique. It was 
found in 1784, in the Villa Casali, amongst ruins supposed to have be¬ 
longed to the baths of Olympiodorus. The helmet and the bust, 
which are of bronze, are, with some variations, copied from an ancient 
bust of Minerva which was formerly in the Vatican, but is now at Paris. 
Placed upon 
An upright narrow piece of marble, ornamented with branches of the 
olive and the pine. 
In the Passage leading from Room XII. to the Grand Central 
Saloon are 
A gilt bronze statue of a female Indian deity, found in the Island of 
Ceylon. 
A Chinese gingal. Presented by G. French Argus, Esq., 1841. 
Some Hindhu bas-reliefs and sculptures. 
An Arabic tombstone from Aden. Presented by Messrs. Newman , 
Hunts, and Christophers , 1840. 
A collection of figures in sandstone and calcareous stone, the w r ork 
of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico. Presented by Capt. Vetch , 
1842. 
The ape-headed Hindhu deity Hanuman, standing in the attitude of 
prayer. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
Over the entrance, 
Piaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ipsamboul. 
Against the square columns on the w r est side are placed 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath; of white marble. Pre¬ 
sented by His Majesty King William IV. 
A statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a military dress; the breast¬ 
plate is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 
1821. 
Against one pilaster on the north side is a bust of Jupiter. Pre¬ 
sented by J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq., 1836. 
Against the other, a head of Apollo. Presented by the Hon. Mrs. 
Hamer. 
Against a pilaster on the east side, a mutilated draped statue of a 
youth. 
Against another, a mutilated statue of a draped female. 
In the first recess, 
A female statue without head and arms, found in the temple of The¬ 
mis at Rhamnus in Attica. Presented, in 1820, by John P. Gandy 
JDeering, Esq. (307*.) 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Presented 
by the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions; those numbered 48, 85, 86, 
87, 88, presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley ; 89, 90, 91, 92, 
93, by the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1818. 
In the centre recess, 
