ROOM III.] 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
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bv other sculptures, which, being in course of removal, are not here 
described. Those which are intended to remain in this room are the 
following: — 
No. 21. A terminal head of Mercury. Purchased in 1812, at the 
sale of Antiquities belonging to William Chinnery , Esq. Pt. 2. 
PI. xxr. 
A statue of Venus preparing for the bath, of white marble, an an¬ 
cient copy of a statue, of which the Venus in the Museum of the 
Capitol at Rome is also a copy. 
No. 43. A statue of Ceres, apparently in the character of Isis; for¬ 
merly in the Macarani Palace at Rome. 
No. 8. A statue of Venus or Dione, naked to the waist, and covered 
with drapery thence downwards. Found in the ruins of the Maritime 
Paths of Claudius, at Ostia , in the year 1776. Pt. 1. PI. vm. 
A colossal bust of Jupiter Serapis. Presented by J. T. Barber 
Beaumont, Esq., 1836. 
ROOM III. 
This Room, to be hereafter termed the Second Greco-Roman 
Saloon, contains exclusively the representations of human personages. 
They are of two classes, generic and individual. The following are 
generic representations: — 
Statue of a Discobolus, in the attitude of throwing the discus, or 
quoit, of Pentelic marble, life-size; supposed to be a copy of the 
celebrated bronze statue of Myro, of which two other antique repeti¬ 
tions in marble exist at Rome. Found , in 1791, in the ruins of the 
pinacotheca, or picture-gallery, of Hadrian’s Villa Tibuitina. 
Mutilated group of two boys, quarrelling over the game of astragali, 
or osselets, life-size. Of one figure the right hand and part of the 
arm alone remain. The plinth is modern. Found in the Baths of 
Titus, at Rome. 
Small statue of a Fisherman, in a rough woollen garment, holding 
in his right hand a small fish, and in his left a basket. From Rome. 
Pt. 10. PI. xxix. 
Small statue of a Comic Actor, seated, wearing a mask. Found, 
in 1773, in the Villa Fonsega, Rome . 
Small statue of an Egyptian or Nubian Tumbler, practising his art 
upon the back of a tame crocodile. From Rome. Pt. 10. Pi. xxvii. 
The individual representations, or portraits, are as follows : 
No. 42. Terminal bust of Periander, the sage, and tyrant of 
Corinth. Formerly in the Villa Montalto, at Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xlii. 
Terminal bust of Epicurus, the Philosopher. Found near Santa 
Maria Maggiore, at Rome , in 1775. Pt. 2. PL xxxiv. 
Bust of Diogenes, the Cynic Philosopher. Bequeathed by R. P. 
Knight, Esq. 
No. 20. Bust of an old man, believed to be Hippocrates, the Phy^- 
sician. Found near Albano, in the ruins of the supposed villa of 
Marcus Varro. Pt. 2. PI. xx. 
Terminal bust of Pericles, helmeted, and inscribed with his name 
Found near Tivoli, in .1781. Pt. 2. PI. xxxii. 
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