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represents a trophy, on orje side of which stands a warrior, and on the 
other a female figure feeding a serpent that is twined round the trunk of 
a tree on which the trophy is erected. On the right of these figures is 
the fore part of a horse. An inscription on the top of this monument 
contains a list of names, probably of those who fell in some engage¬ 
ment. Brought to England by Mr. Topham, in 1725, and 'presented to 
the British Museum , in 1780, by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks , 
and the Hon. A. C. Fraser. Pt. 2. PI. xli. 
No. 42. A terminal head of Periander: formerly in the Villa 
Montalto. Pt. 2. PI. xlii. 
No. 43. A repetition of No. 33. Pt. 2. PI. xliii. 
No. 44. An unknown terminal head, probably of a Greek poet. It 
was found with the head of Hippocrates, No. 20, near Albano, in 1770. 
Pt. 2. PI. XLIV. 
No. 45. A statue of Action attacked by his dogs. It was found 
by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in 1774, in the ruins of the villa of Antoninus 
Pius, near Civita Lavinia. Pt. 2. PI. xlv. 
No. 46. A terminal head of the young Hercules; it is crowned w T ith 
the leaves of the poplar. This head was found in the year 1777, near 
Gensano, in the grounds belonging to the Cesarini family. Pt. 2. 
PI. XLVI. 
BAS-RELIEFS. 
No. 1. A bas-relief, representing an old Satyr struggling with a 
nymph. Pt. 2. PI. I. 
No. 2. Ditto, representing a candelabrum, formerly in the collec¬ 
tion of the Mattei family. Pt. 2. PI. II. 
No. 3. Ditto, representing a funeral column, near which is a statue 
of the god of Lampsacus. Pt. 2. PI. hi. 
No. 4. Ditto, representing Bacchus received as a guest by Icarius. 
Pt. 2. PI. iv. 
No. 5. Ditto, representing warriors consulting the oracle of Apollo. 
It was presented to Mr. Townley by the Duke of Bedford in 1805. 
Pt. 2. PI. v. 
No. 6. Ditto, in the flat early style of Grecian sculpture. It repre¬ 
sents Castor managing a horse. Found in the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa, 
about the year 1769. Pt. 2. PI. vi. 
No. 7. Ditto, representing Hercules securing the Maenalian stag, 
which, at the command of Eurystheus, he had pursued a whole year 
in the forest of Arcadia. It is in a very early style. Pt. 2. PI. vn. 
No. 8. Blank. 
No. 9. A bas-relief, divided into three compartments. In the 
upper division, the infant Bacchus is represented riding on a goat; in 
the middle, a Triton, in attendance on Venus, is seizing a marine bull 
by the horns ; and in the lower division is a company of hunters return¬ 
ing home with their spoil. It belonged to Pope Sixtus V., and w r as 
formerly in the Villa Montalto. Pt. 2. PI. ix. 
No. 10. Ditto, representing a festoon of vine branches suspended 
from the skulls of bulls. In the centre, above the festoon, is a mask of 
a Faun. It has served as a decoration in the inside of a circular build¬ 
ing, probably dedicated to Bacchus. Pt. 2. PI. x. 
