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Gx4LLERY OF ANTIQUITIES *. 
The Terracotta tablets formerly in Room I. are withdrawn from ex¬ 
hibition until a new Room is provided for them. 
The former contents of Rooms II. and III. and part of Room IV. are 
removed to the Grand Central Saloon and Ante-Room (pp. 94 and 
following) during the rebuilding of the Galleries, and retain the same 
numbers under which they were before described. Nos. 2 and 11 from 
Room IV. are distinguished by the addition of an asterisk. 
FOURTH ROOM. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
No. 1. A bust of Trajan, with the breast naked. It was found in an 
excavation made in the Campagna di Roma, by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, 
in 1776. Pt. 3. PI. i. 
No. 3. A head of Apollo, of very early Greek work. It was brought 
from Rome by the late Lord Cawdor. Pt. 3. PI. iv. 
No. 4. A head, supposed to be that of Arminius. Brought to 
England by Mr. Lyde Browne. Pt. 3. PI. vi. 
No. 5. A statue of Thalia, found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, in the 
year 1776, at Ostia, in the maritime baths of the Emperor Claudius. 
Pt. 3. PI. v. 
No. 6. A colossal head of Marcus Aurelius, represented in the cha¬ 
racter of one of the Fratres Arvales. It was formerly in the Mattel 
Collection. Pt. 3. PI. ix. 
No. 7. A colossal bust of Lucius Verus, covered with the impe¬ 
rial paludamentum. Pt. 3. PI. x. 
No. 8. A group of Bacchus and Ampelus. This beautiful and in¬ 
teresting group was found in the year 177*2, near La Storta, about eight 
miles from Rome, in the road leading to Florence. Pt. 3. PI. xi. 
No. 9. A head of the young Hercules. Formerly in the Barberini 
palace. Pt. 3. PI. xii. 
No. 10. A head, supposed to be that of Dione. Pt. 3. PI. xin. 
No. 12. A bust of Hadrtan, with the breast naked. Formerly in 
the Villa Montalto. Pt. 3. PL xv. 
FIFTH ROOM. 
The contents of this Room have been removed to the south recess of 
the Ante-room of the Phigalian Saloon. 
* All the articles in the present catalogue of antiquities, unless where it is 
otherwise specified, belonged to the collection of the late Charles Townley, Esq. 
More ample descriptions, with Plates, of the antiquities contained in the British 
Museum, are in the course of publication; and references to the several parts al¬ 
ready published are affixed to those articles which have been therein engraved. 
