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69. VENUS, Presented to the Trustees by William Mitchell, Esq., R. Thompson, Esq., J. Richardson, Esq.

Original

Sculptor, Thorwaldsen, born at Copenhagen, A.D. 1770, worked for many years

at Rome, died at his birth-place, A.D. 1844.

Height, 5 feet inch.

70. VENUS and CUPID (in Parian marble.) Art Union Prize.. Presented to the Trustees by the Rev. W. Wade.

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The invocation of the infernal Deities was performed with the palms of the hands turned down, and the other ceremonies were conducted in the like inverted order. Virgil Æn., ii. 153, 688; ix. 16; vi. 235-254.

Chronological Arrangement of the Casts of Statues, etc.

OF THE HEROIC PERIOD, FROM B.C. 550 TO B.C. 390.

No. 3, The Amazon; 26, 27, the Discoboli; 36, 37, the Gladiators; 32, 41, 42, 61, Elgin Marbles.

OF THE PERIOD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, FROM B.C. 390 TO B.C. 146. Nos. 6, 7, Apollos; 12, the Boxers; 14, Boy and Goose; 33, 34, Fauns; 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, Venuses.

OF THE ROMAN PERIOD, FROM B.C. 146 TO A.D. 180.

No. 5, Antinous; 16, Canephora; 17, Castor and Pollux; 19, Cupid and Psyche; 31, Flora; 35, Germanicus; 46, Laocoon; 55, Pudicitia.

ANTIQUES, THOUGH OF UNCERTAIN DATE.

No. 1, Achilles; 2, Adonis; 8, Apollino; 9, Ariadne; 10, Aristides; 11, Bacchus and Ampelus; 13, Boy Extracting Thorn; 21, Cyparissus; 22, Demosthenes; 23, Diana a la Biche; 25, Diana Robing; 30, Euterpe; 44, Jason; 49, Minerva Giustiniani; 54, Polyhymnia; 56, Listening Slave; 57, Sophocles; 71, Youth Invoking Gods.

OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES.

No. 20, Cupid; 45, Julian de Medici; 48, Mercury, by John of Bologna.

RELIEFS.

Holy Family, by Michael Angelo Buonarotti; Boys, by Donatelli, Fiamingo; Gates, by Ghiberti.

OF MODERN TIMES.

18, Cupid; 24, Diana; 28, Dorothea; 29, Eve at the Fountain; 38, Graces; 39, Greek Slave; 40, Hercules and Omphale; 43, Innocence; 47, Mercury; 50, Mother and Child; 51, Musidora; 52, Narcissus; 53, Perseus; 58, St. George and the Dragon; 59, Tambourine Girl; 60, Terpsichore; 67, 68, 69, Venuses; 70, Venus and Cupid.

RELIEFS.

Flaxman, Gibson, Thorwaldsen.

Casts of Busts.

1. ALBERT (Prince). The illustrious Prince Consort, husband of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria.

Born at Rosenau, 26th August, 1819.

Died at Windsor, 14th December, 1861.

2. ANGELO (BUONAROTTI MICHEL). Architect, sculptor, painter.

Born at Castel Caprese, Tuscany, 6th March, 1474.

Died at Rome, 17th February, 1564.

3. APOLLO.

Original in the British Museum. This bust was obtained by Mr. Townley, from Cardinal Alexander Albani, in the year 1773.

4. ARISTOTLE (Philosopher). Preceptor of Alexander the Great.

Born at Stagira, Thrace, B.C. 384.

Died at Chalcis, Euboea, B.C. 322.

5. AUGUSTUS (CAIUS JULIUS CESAR OCTAVIANUS, the young). First Roman

Emperor.

Born at Velitræ (Consulate of Cicero), B.C. 63.

Died at Nola, 19th August, A.d. 14.

Presented to the Trustees by Master Jeffreys.

6. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam; Viscount St. Albans). Lawyer, statesman, philosopher; Lord High Chancellor of England in the reign of James I.

Born in London, 22nd January, 1561.

Died in the Earl of Arundel's house, at Highgate, April, 1626.

7. BARRY (Sir REDMOND, Knt., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, Victoria). By Charles Summers, Esq. In Carrara marble.

8. BROUGHAM (HENRY, Lord). British statesman.

Born at Edinburgh, September, 1778.

9. BRUNEL (Sir MARC ISAMBARD, Knt.) Engineer; invented block-making machinery in Portsmouth Dockyard; designed and executed the Thames Tunnel, and many other works of great ingenuity and usefulness.

Born at Hacqueville, in Normandy, A.D. 1769.

Died A.D. 1849.

10. BUFFON (GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, Comte de). Naturalist.

Born at Montbard, in Burgundy, 7th September, 1707.
Died 16th April, 1788.

11. BURKE (EDMUND). Philosopher, statesman, and orator.
Born at Dublin, January, A.D. 1730.

Died at Beaconsfield, 9th July, 1797.

12. BURNS (ROBERT). Poet.

Born at Ayr, 25th January, A.d. 1759.

Died at Dumfries, 21st July, 1796.

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13. BYRON (GEORGE GORDON, Lord). Poet.
Born at London, 22nd January, 1788.

Died at Missolonghi, 19th April, 1824.
Sculptor, Baily.

14. CÆSAR (CAIUS JULIUS).

Born at Rome, 12th July, B.C. 100.

Assassinated in Senate House, Rome, 15th March, B.C. 44. Original in British Museum, purchased in 1818. In Luni marble.

15. CHARLES I. King of England and Scotland.

Born at Dunfermline, 19th November, 1600.
Beheaded 30th January, 1649.

16. CHATHAM (WILLIAM PITT, Earl of).

Statesman and orator.

Born in Cornwall, 15th November, 1708.

Died at London, 11th May, 1778.

17. CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS). Roman statesman and orator. Born at Arpinum, B.C. 106.

Assassinated near Formiæ, B.C. 42.

18. CLYTIE. The bust of, from the antique in the British Museum, in Parian. Presented by William Taylor Copeland, Esq., Alderman, M.P., of London.

19. COWPER (WILLIAM, Poet).

Born at Berkhampstead, Herts., 26th November, 1731.

Died at Dereham, in Norfolk, 25th April, 1800.

20. CROMWELL (OLIVER, Protector of England). Born at Huntingdon, 25th April, 1599.

Died at London, 3rd September, 1658.

21. CUVIER (GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT). Naturalist. Born at Montbéliard, 1769.

Died at Paris, 1832.

22. DEMOSTHENES.

Greek orator.

Born at Athens, B.C. 382.

Died in the Temple of Neptune, at Calauria, B.C. 322.

Original in the British Museum; purchased in 1818.

23. DIANA (Robing).

24. DIOGENES. Cynic philosopher.

Born at Şinope, in Pontus, B.C. 412.

Died at Corinth, B.C. 323.

This bust was bequeathed to the British Museum by the late R. Payne Knight, Esq. It is in Pentelic marble.

25. DRYDEN (JOHN). Poet.

Born at Aldwinckle, 9th August, 1631.

Died at London, 1st May, 1700.

26. ELDON (JOHN SCOTT, Earl of). Lord Chancellor of England from 1801 to 1806,

and from 1807 to 1827.

Born at Newcastle, 4th June, 1751.
Died at London, 13th January, 1838.

27. FLAXMAN (JOHN). Sculptor.
Born at York, 6th July, 1755.

Died at London,.7th December, 1826.

28. FOX (CHARLES JAMES). Statesman and orator. Born at London, 24th January, 1749.

Died at London, 13th September, 1806.

29. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). American philosopher and statesman.
Born at Boston, Massachusetts, 6th January, 1706.
Died at Philadelphia, 17th April, 1790.

30. GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON). Poet.

Born at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 28th August, 1749.
Died at Weimar, 22nd March, 1832.

31. HANDEL (GEORGE FREDERIC). Musical composer.

Born at Halle, in the Duchy of Magdeburg, Lower Saxony, 24th February, 1684.

Died at London, 13th April, 1759.

32. HADRIANUS (P. ÆLIUS). Fourteenth Roman Emperor.

Born at Rome A.D. 76.

Reigned A.D. 117 to A.D. 138.

Original in the British Museum. Found at Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli.

33. HARVEY (WILLIAM). Physician.

Born at Folkstone, Kent, 2nd April, 1578.

Died at London, 3rd June, 1658.

34. HEALES (Hon. RICHARD).

Born at London, 1822.

Died at Melbourne, 1864.

35. HOMER. Poet.

Flourished B.C. 1019 to B.C. 984.
Original found at Baiæ, A.D. 1780.

36. HUNTER (JOHN). Anatomist.
Born at Calderwood, 1728.

Died at London, in St. George's Hospital, 16th October, 1793.
Original by Chantry.

37. INNOCENCE. Bust of, in Parian.

Presented to the Trustees by Captain Lonsdale.

38. JOHNSON (SAMUEL, LL.D.) Lexicographer. Born at Lichfield, 1709.

Died at London, 1784.

39. JONES (INIGO). Architect.

Born at London, 1572.

Died at London, 21st July, 1652.

40. LINNÆUS (CARL VON LINNE). Naturalist.

Born at Rashult, Province of Smaland, Sweden, 13th May, 1707.
Died at Hammarby, near Upsal, 11th January, 1778.

41. LOCKE (JOHN). Philosopher.

Born at Wrington, in Somersetshire, 29th August, 1632.

Died at Oates, in Essex, 28th October, 1704.

42. MALE HEAD. Name unknown, probably one of the Homeric heroes.

Found in that part of Hadrian's Villa called the Pantanella, by Gavin Hamilton, 1771.

43. MACAULAY (Lord). Historian and Essayist.

Born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, 1800.

Died at London, 1860.

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