GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
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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. 
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. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
Over the entrance, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at 
the rock temple of Ipsamboul. 
Against the square columns on the west side are placed 
A statue of Venus, preparing for the bath ; of white 
marble. Presented 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 orna¬ 
mented. Purchased in 1821. 
Against one pilaster on the north side is a bust of Ju¬ 
piter. Presented 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 Themis at Rhamnus in Attica. Presented , in 
1820, by John P. Gandy Beering, Esq. (307*.) 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, 
&c. Presented by the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Persepolitan sculptures and inscriptions ; those num¬ 
bered 48, 85, 86, 87, 88, presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir 
Gore Ouseley; 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, by the Earl of Aber¬ 
deen, in 1818. 
In the centre recess, 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the 
Rt. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone . 
In the third recess, 
