96 GALLERY OE ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL 
No. 17. A head of Minerva. It was purchased from Mr. Gavin 
Hamilton at Rome, in the vicinity of which city it was found. 
No. 18. A colossal head of Antinous in the character of Bacchus ; 
it is crowned with a wreath of ivy. This head, with several parts of 
the statue to which it belonged, was found in 1770, in small pieces, 
made use of as stones in a wall, erected during the barbarous ages, in 
the grounds called La Tenuta della Tedesca, near the Villa Pamfile. 
No. 19. A shelf containing 
A head, apparently of a trumpeter. 
A head of Diana, the hair of w T hich is drawn up from the sides, and 
tied in a knot, at the top of the head. From the collection of Sir Wil¬ 
liam Hamilton. 
A head of a goat. 
Underneath, a small domestic fountain, of a square form, which was 
used for sacred purposes. 
No. 20. A bust of Minerva; the head only is antique. It was 
found in 1784, in the Villa Casali, amongst ruins supposed to have be¬ 
longed to the baths of Olympiodorus. The helmet and the bust, 
which are of bronze, are, with some variations, copied from an ancient 
bust of Minerva which was formerly in the Vatican, but is now at Paris. 
Placed upon 
An upright narrow piece of marble, ornamented with branches of the 
olive and the pine. 
In the Passage leading from Room XII. to the Grand Central 
Saloon are 
A gilt bronze statue of a female Indian deity, supposed to be Pattinee 
Dewa, found in the Island of Ceylon. Presented by Sir Robert 
Brownrigg , 1830. 
A Chinese gingal. Presented by G. French Angas, Esq., 1841. 
Another with a detached chamber. Presented by Capt. Belcher , 
R. N., 1842. 
Some Hindu bas-reliefs and sculptures. 
An Arabic tombstone from Aden. Presented by Messrs. Newman, 
Hunts, and Christophers, 1840. 
A collection of figures in sandstone and calcareous stone, the work 
of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico. Presented by Capt. Vetch , 
1842. 
The ape-headed Hindu deity Hanuman, standing in the attitude of 
prayer. 
Hindu female figure holding a tree. Presented by Mrs. Tucker, 
1843. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
On the right hand side of the doorway, is a Statue in marble of 
Shakespeare, by Roubiliiac. Bequeathed to the British Museum by 
David Garrick, Esq. 
And on the left hand side, 
A statue of Sir Joseph Banks, by Chantrey. It represents him 
seated in an arm chair, holding a scroll in his left hand. Presented 
by the Friends at whose expense the statue veas made. 
