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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[ROOM I* 
Bas-relief from a large sarcophagus, representing a dramatic poet, 
probably Sophocles, seated on a chair, before whom stands a Muse. 
Found near the Mausoleum of Augustus. Pt. 10. PI. xxxiv. 
Under the sarcophagus, seat in the form of a chariot. 
Statue of Diana (mutilated). Presented by W. R. Hamilton, Esq. 
A small cippus, decorated with festoons suspended from heads of 
Jupiter Ammon ; in front, an Ibis destroying a serpent. Formerly in 
the Villa Burioni , at Rome . 
No. 3. One of the feet or supports of an ancient tripod table, 
found in 1769, in the Pantanella, within the grounds of Hadrian’s Villa, 
near Tivoli. Pt. 1. Pi. in. 
On it rests a lion’s head with ram’s horns, probably part of a similar 
object. 
The youthful Bacchus, standing, clad in a panther skin. Found in 
the Villa of Antoninus Pius , near the ancient Lanuvium. 
Altar of square form, ornamented with sphinxes at the upper and 
lower corners, and with bas-reliefs; in front, Apollo holding a lyre at 
a table, on which are a raven, tripod, and three rolls of manuscripts; 
on one side is a sacrifice of a ram, and, at the back, Diana holding a 
torch and feeding a deer. Presented by Sir W. Hamilton , 1773. 
Front of Tenth Pilaster. — A torso of Venus of fine workmanship, 
the remains of a statue of Venus, formerly preserved at Richmond 
House, and partially destroyed by fire in 1791. Purchased in 1821. 
COMPARTMENT XT. 
Upper Shelf. — Front and ends of a sarcophagus, representing 
Bacchus and Ariadne in a chariot, drawn by Centaurs, and preceded 
by Bacchanals ; one end represents Pan flogged by a Satyr, the other, 
Pan carried away by Cupid and a Satyr. Formerly in the Villa 
Montalto. at Rome. Pt. 10. PI. xxxvii.-ix. 
Lower Shelf. — Bust of Diogenes. Bequeathed by R. P. Knight , 
Esq. 
Bust, bald-headed. Same. 
Bust of Atys. Pt. 10. PI. iv. 
Bust, apparently from a statue of a dying Amazon. From Rome. 
Pt. 10. PI. v. 
Bust of Aratus. Found among the ruins of the Villa of Marcus 
Varro. 
Bust, supposed to be that of Achilles. Bequeathed by R. P. 
Knight , Esq. 
Bust of Hercules, in advanced age. Same. 
Bust of a female Satyr, or Centaur. Same. 
Bust of a Bacchante. 
Bust of Laughing Faun. 
Turreted female head, Cybele? 
Underneath. —No. 26. Victory sacrificing a bull, on which she 
kneels. Found in the ruins of the Villa of Antoninus Pius, at Monte 
Cagnuolo. Pt. 10. Pl. xxv. 
Base and stern of a candelabrum, 
A head of Diana. 
