ROOM I. 
Antiquities. 
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No. 17. A bas-relief, imperfect, representing 
Venus on the ocean, riding upon a sea-horse. 
No. 18. Ditto, representing Victory pouring 
out a libation to Apollo Musagetes. From the 
collection of Sir Hans Sloane . 
No. 19. Ditto, representing a candelabrum 
lighted for a sacrifice. On each side stands a 
priestess, who with one hand supports the sacred 
fillets which decorate the candelabrum, and with 
the other hand raises a small portion of her robe, 
like the figure of Hope, on coins of the Roman 
Emperors. 
No. 20. Ditto, representing Machaon, after 
he has been wounded. He is supposed to be 
sitting in the tent of Nestor, who is administer¬ 
ing a potion to him, as described in the Xlth 
book of the Iliad. The females in attendance 
are slaves. 
No. 21. Ditto, representing Bacchus and a 
Faun; the former holds a thyrsus in his left 
hand, the latter carries a torch in his right hand, 
and an amphora on his left shoulder. 
No. 22. Ditto, representing two Fauns, 
kneeling, one of them playing upon the tambou- 
rin, the other accompanying him with small mu¬ 
sical instruments called crotala. Between them 
is Ampelus, the lower part of whose figure ter¬ 
minates in branches of the vine. 
No. 23. Ditto, representing two of the Sea¬ 
sons, Spring and Summer. 
No. 24. 
