CENT. SALOON.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
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GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
Over the entrance, 
Plaster cast of the face of the Northern Colossus at the rock temple 
of Ibsamboul, representing the monarch Rameses II. 
Against the square columns on the west 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 breastplate 
is in high preservation, and richly ornamented. Purchased in 1821. 
Against a pilaster on the south side is a bust of Jupiter. Pre¬ 
sented by J. T. Barber Beaumont , Esq., 1836. 
Against the other, a head of a German prisoner. 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. 
Piaster cast from the Alhambra. Presented by S. Manuel de Ysasi. 
In the first recess, 
Casts of sculptures and inscriptions from Persepolis, &c. Presented 
by the JRt. 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. 
Cast of the bas-relief, supposed to represent an Assyrian monarch, 
carved on the rocks of the Nahr-el-Kelb, or Lycus, near the site of the 
ancient Berytus or modern Beyrout, made by Mr. Bonomi. Presented 
by Lord Prudhoe. 
In the centre recess, 
Statue of a satyr; it has been restored as if he was intoxicated, but 
the propriety of this restoration is much doubted: round the head 
are holes by which a metallic wreath of ivy, or vine leaves, has been 
attached to it. 
Casts from Persepolitan sculptures, and six plaster casts, taken from 
two inscriptions on the rocks at Hadji Abad, near Persepolis; one in¬ 
scription in the Pehlevi, and the other in the Parthian character; both 
relate to the monarch Sapor I. Presentedby the Rt. Hon. Mountstuart 
Elphinstone. 
In the third recess, 
Casts of Persepolitan sculptures. Presented by the Right Hon. 
Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Arabic inscriptions. The three marked F presented by Col. Frank¬ 
lin. Of these, the small one was placed over the door of Firus Shah’s 
Minaret at Gour; the large one upon the same shelf was in front of 
the Golden Mosque at Purrooah; and the one upon the ground was 
upon the mosque of Mohajen Tola, at Gour. 
In a recess on the north side is a statue of the Hon. Anne Sey¬ 
mour Darner, holding a small figure of the Genius of the Thames. 
Presented by the late Lord Frederick Campbell. 
No. 1. A colossal head of Minerva. Pt. 3. PI. i. 
No. 2. A * 11 e ral ornamented with equestrian and pedestrian 
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