8 
Fosbrooke's Bonarks on the Townley Statues, [Aug, 1, 
count of thciv conicnl bonnets; but still, 
thou'^h the term Diosc 2 iri, in scuipture, 
spplies to Castor arsd Pollux, yet it is 
somewhat improper, because it js also 
given to the Cahiri, and tlie three bro¬ 
thers wiioin Cicero calls Aleon, Meiam’* 
pus, and Eamolus, socis or Atreus 
{Dcnat. Deor). Plmarcii {Tiber. Cracck.) 
says, that there is adilYerence in the make 
of the two brothers in their statues. One 
of the Dioscuri fs therefore an iinproper 
term. 
No. 4-3. A fragment of a head ofHer^ 
cuics, on the top of which k the skin of a 
Lion’s head. A fine cameo of the Palais 
Royal represents Love with the bead 
covered with tlie skin of the Neiiiean 
lion, as the conqueror of Hercules 
{ton. i. p(. 35). This allegory is very 
common. On an amethyst in the same 
collection, is the young Hercules, with 
the lion’s skin around his neck {tom. i. 
pi. 80). Nothing is more common iiian 
llercuies with the head coy«-ed with 
the skin of the Nemean lion, because it 
was invulnerable, and served for armour. 
Alexander the great, lole, mistress of 
Hercules, &c. occur in the same cos¬ 
tume; but Hercules is always distinguislied 
by his liair in curls resembling those 
on the forehead of a bull {Winekel.Art.). 
In the famous Farnesian Hercules, the 
skin hangs upon the trunk of a tree, be¬ 
cause the hero is represented in repose. 
Theocritus says, tliat Hercules, from his 
infancy, took delight in wearing the skin 
of the linn ; yet in the gems of Storch 
he does not appear in it previous to the 
adventure of the Nemean lion. Pausa- 
r.ias, describing the colFer of Cypselus, 
says, that Agamemnon carried a lion’s 
heatl upon his buckler to impress terror; 
and insrau.ces of tiie use of it are very 
common in different forms : the ensigns 
in the Trajan column are decorated like 
this head. 
No. 44. A funeral Mask which was 
used to cover ike fact of a female corpse. 
iviasks have been found in tombs. 
Wiiickelmann observes upon this subject, 
that tlie ancients took impressions from 
tlie face of tlm corpse, and put this kind 
of masks m tlie tombs, by tire side of 
the bodies, in order to denote the form 
of tlie features when living. The Tunus 
Larvaiiim more properly applies to l.he 
exequies of persons killed by the fall of 
a building, whose mangled visages were 
covered vvnlr masks. i'here is or was a 
monun ent at Rome, where mention is 
Jiiade of a young married couple, who 
experienced this dre^dlul disaster upon 
the first night of their nuptials. See Ca- 
rnerar, Oper. subek. i. 96. Tlie custom 
of covering the face with a mask, as des¬ 
cribed above, is unknown to me, except 
in the cases of miitiiated visage ; but it 
may notwithstanding have obtained. 
Kennet (p. 3-19) speaks of the larvata 
funera,?LnA mentions now and then paint¬ 
ing the face of women, tSjc. but neither 
he or two or three others who have been 
consulted, speak of the use of masks 
otherwise than a..s above. 
No. 45. A small head of Hercules. 
No. 46. A small unknown bust, with 
a military garment. The head is ofyclJoof 
ruarbie. VVinckelmann {Art, 4. c. 7) 
says, tliat from the commencement of 
statuary they were in the habit of work¬ 
ing the head separately, and afterwards' 
fitting it to llie trunk. The Greeks, lie 
observes {L. i. c. 2), did not use coloured 
marbles, because they spoiled all the 
effect of the sculpture. Persons who 
have been used to the observation of 
statues in their original state, often com¬ 
plain of the dim.inution of effect even in 
casts of piaister of Paris. Sidonius 
{Carm. xi. 17) mentions five various 
marbles much valued by tlie ancients on 
account of their colours; viz. the La¬ 
conian, green; the Parian, zchite; the 
Carthaginian, red; the Phrygian, spotted; 
and the Ethiopian, ycllozoy like old or 
tarnished ivory. 
No, 4 7. A damaged head of Hercules. 
No. 48. 2'he capital cf a miall column 
of' the Ionic order. 
No. 49. A small unknown head. 
No. 50. A small head of Jupiter^ 
covered with a cap. Jupiter is repre¬ 
sented with various head-coverings. His 
portraits are distinguishable by his sere¬ 
nity of aspect, and the disposition of his 
beard and hair. The chief resemblance 
to him is Esculapius, which Winckel- 
mann accounts for by the ancient opinion 
that the son often less resembled his 
fatiier tJian his giaudfather. 
No.51. A voiiveMaskof a bearded faun. 
We have two bearded farms in Lireri, 
copied by iVIontiaucon {Suppl. v. 3. b. ?. 
c. 6.) but they are more common without; 
In Bcger is a faun, before a pedestal, 
upon which is a colossal l^earded mask. 
No. 52 to 62 consist, with an excep¬ 
tion or two, of odds and ends, 1. e. 
fc€t,kc. 
No. 63. Is the lefthand and part of the 
arm of a ftmale, holding a butteijly. In 
the Gems cf Jttosch, relating to the ad¬ 
mirable fable of Psyclie, is her bust 
vciied. is placing a butterfly in 
