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Bas-relief, from a frieze ; Cupid holding up a wreath, in which is a 
Medusa’s head. Obtained by the Euphrates’ expedition. Presented 
by the Board of Control . 
PAS-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. ir. 
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. PL 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 Msenalian 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. vrr. 
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 was 
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. 
No. 11. A bas-relief, representing the Dioscuri on horseback. 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 2. PI. xi. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a Bacchanalian group, consisting of 
three figures; the first a Bacchante playing on the tambourin; the 
second, a Faun playing on the double pipe ; and the third, an in¬ 
toxicated Faun holding a thyrsus. It was found by Mr. Gavin 
Hamilton, in 1776, at Civita Vecchia, about five miles from Rome. 
Pt. 2. PI. xii. 
No. 13. A bas-relief, representing Victory offering a libation to 
Apollo Musagetes. From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
Pt. 2. PI. xiii. 
No. 14. Ditto, which has served as an ornament on the outside of 
a circular building. It consists of a couple of branches issuing from one 
stem, and curling in opposite directions. Pt. 2. PI. xiv. 
No. 15. Ditto, representing the Centaur Nessus carrying De’ianira 
in his arms. It was formerly in the Verospi Palace at Rome. Pt. 2. 
