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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[room XI. 
No. 18. A statue of a Faun, formerly in the collection of the 
Rondinini Palace in the Corso at Rome, and thence called the Ron- 
dinini Faun. Purchased in 1826. 
No. 19. ^ A statue of a Discobolus, who is represented at that precise 
moment of time which immediately precedes the delivery of the discus. 
It is an ancient copy in marble, from the celebrated bronze statue exe¬ 
cuted by Myro. This statue was found in 1791, in the grounds of the 
Conte Fede, in the part of Hadrian’s Villa Tiburtina, supposed to have 
been the Pinacotheca, or Picture Gallery. 
No. 20. A sepulchral cippus, the inscription upon which appears 
to have been erased. This marble formerly stood in the Burioni Villa 
at Rome. 
Upon it is a circular altar. Formerly belonging to Col. Pookey 
and presented, m 1825, by A. E. Impey, Esq. 
On this is placed a fragment of a youthful statue. 
No. 21. A statue of Mercury, sleeping upon a rock. It was found 
neai* Roma Vecchia, with many other specimens of excellent sculpture, 
among some ruins which are generallv believed to be the remains of a 
villa of Domitian’s nm'se. 
No. 22. A Greek altar, of a square form, ornamented with sphinxes. 
Presented, in 1775, by Sir WiHiani Hamilton. 
Upon it is a statue of Bacchus, represented as a boy about five years 
old. The head is crowned with a wreath of i’vy, and the body is partly 
covered with the skin of a goat, tire legs of which are tied across the 
breast. This little statue was found by ]\Ir. Gavin Hamilton, in the 
ruins of the villa of Antoninus Pius, near the ancient Lanuvium. 
No. 23. A statue of Cupid winged, bending his bow. Purchasedy 
in 1812, at the sale of the late Right Hon. Edmund JBurke’s 
Marbles. 
No. 24. A bronze statue of Hercules carrying away the apples 
from the garden of the Hesperides. Pt. 3. PL ii. 
Beneath, is one of the feet, or supports, of an ancient tripod table. 
Pt. 3. PI. III. 
No. 25. A large sepulchral cippus, with an inscription to M. Clo- 
dius Herma, Annius Felix, and Tyrannus. 
Upon it is a circular sepulchral vessel of stone, inscribed with the 
name of Phaenariste, the wife of Philophanus. 
No. 26. A Greek funeral monument, with a bas-relief and an 
inscription to the memory of Alexander, a native of Bith^-nia. 
This marble, brought from Smyrna, 2 cas presented to the Mu¬ 
seum, in 1772, by Matthew Duane, Esq., and Thomas Tyrwhitt, 
Esq. 
No. 27. A small statue of Neptune, standing, with a dolphin by his 
side. Presented by J. S. Gaskoin, Esq., 1836. 
No. 28. A shelf, containing 
An unknown bust, the head perfectly bald. 
An unknown bust of a female. 
A bust of Diogenes the Cynic. All bequeathed by the late R. P. 
Knight, Esq. 
Underneath, a fragment of a bas-relief, bearing a figure of a youthful 
Hercules. 
