A description of the collection of ancient marbles in the British Museum: with engravings, Volume 11Nicol, 1861 - 106 pages |
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Adonis Ælius ancient Antinous antique Antoninus Pius Apollo appears Athens attributed Bacchus bas-relief bath beard beautiful belonged British Museum bronze bust Capitol character chin Clarac coins collection countenance crowned curls Cybele Demosthenes diadem Diana Discobolus drapery ears Emperor engraved exhibits feet female figure fillet forehead foulp fulp goddess Greek H Corbould Hadrian hair head-dress height holding a cornucopiæ Homer inches high Julius Cæsar Juno left hand legs London Lucian Minerva Minotaur monument Museo Pio Clem Museo Pio Clementino Museum Marbles neck nose originally ornaments Ovid Parian marble Pausanias Payne Knight pedestal Pentelic marble perhaps personage plinth Plutus portion pourtrait Praxiteles present bust probably Published 1850 remarked representations represented resemblance restored right arm Roman Rome Satyr sculpture shoulders similar slightly turned specimens statue of Cupid terminal bust Theseus Tiberius Tischbein torch Trustees Tyche usual vases Venus Villa Visconti wings δὲ καὶ τῆς