Statue.

Buftos.

appearance of the narrow end of a fugar-loaf, placed horizontally at the back of her head.

A Statue of a woman holding a bird against her thigh; the head and the body antique, but the arms and feet have been fupplied; the flesh, in particular that of the bofom, is finely executed; the head is beautiful, the drapery treated in a large manner, the folds finely thrown, and the plaits broad.

The following Bustos are rare, and worthy of attention; Pertinax, D. Julianus, Herennius, a Roman bufto unknown, of black porphiry; Manlia Scantilin, Dedia Clara; a group repreGroup, fenting Cupid and Pfyche. The attitudes of these Cupid and ftatues are most graceful, and the character and

Pfyche.

expreffion amiable.

Etrufcan An Etrufcan Chimera; nothing can be more Chimera. terrific than the appearance of this monster; the creation of a difordered imagination.

Famous

Bufto of
Alexan-

der dy-
ing.

Statue. Nymph wounded

by a thorn. Antique

group.

The famous bufto of Alexander appeared to me to express more of the fentiment of indignation and reproach in the countenance, than of a fenfation proceeding from bodily pain, though it is here ftyled Alexander dying; the features are extremely handsome, and wonderfully interesting; and the whole character noble.

A Nymph wounded by a thorn.

A Baccante and a Tiger, antique; the group is light and graceful; the neck of the Baccante rather too long.

A busto

A bufto of Poppa; I mention this buft only on Poppa. account of the coiffeure, which is arranged in buckles, one under the other, and terminated with

a drop-curl, much in the fashion of three years

past.

Galba, a bufto, treated in a great manner; the Galba, a hair fingularly well done.

An admirable bufto of Seneca.

bufto.

Seneca.

A Vestal, antique, and finely fculptured; the A Veftal. folds of the drapery beautiful.

A Paris holding the apple; part of the figure Paris. has been well supplied.

A fine antique bufto of Caligula.

Caligula,
Antique.

A Bacchus, by Michael Angelo; in a great A Bacchus manner, but not without many inaccuracies and by M. An

even faults.

gelo.

A Pomona with fruit; fhe appears to be in Pomona. motion, her drapery floats upon the wind.

Julia (Titus's daughter) fa coiffeure eft trop Julia. apretée, and the tapée is too forward.

on.

An interesting statue of Endymion, who gazing Endymiat the moon, has his hand raised up to prevent being dazzled by her light; a dog who stands close by his mafter, is baying that luminary.

A Victory and an Urania, both fine ftatues.

A Victory

and an

A Ceres.

A Ceres, whose drapery is fo ingenioufly exe- Urania. cuted, that her figure appears as if covered with a

Adrian.

An Apol

lo.

Another of Adrian of admirable sculpture, particularly the hair and beard.

An Apollo with one foot on a tortoife; the trunk only is antique, and very fine.

Antinoüs. A beautiful Antinous. Another admirable bufto of Antinoüs.

Marcus

Marcus Aurelius; there is too great a flatness Aurelius. in this busto, and too many exact hollows formed by the curling of the beard and the hair.

Statue of a Conful.

A young

A graceful and well finished ftatue of a conful; softness and flexibility in the drapery.

great

A young Marcus Aurelius; a bufto, and exMarcus tremely handsome.

Aurelius.

Bufto of

Lucius

Varus.

A group.

Head of

Lucius Varus, a bufto finely fculptured.

A group of Bacchus and a young fawn; very pretty, though not entitled to the firft rank amongst the statues.

A large head of Sabina, the coiffeure has a good Sabin. effect, though very fingular; her hair is dressed in a double tapée.

lo.

A bufto of Bernini's mistress, by himself; her head has a graceful and lively air.

Brutus, by The famous sketch of Brutus, by Michael M. Ange- Angelo; of the two infcriptions wrote under, I believe every native of the British empire will prefer that by Lord Sandwich, to the lines of another ftranger. I think it evident that Michael Angelo did not find himself equal to the finishing this bufto, agreeable to the great idea he had formed, fo left it purposely in its prefent ftate;

and

and though but a mere sketch, yet it seems to breath, and conveys to the admiring fpectator's mind the character that Anthony gives Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Cæfar.

This was the noblest Roman of them all
All the confpirators, fave only he,

Did that they did, in envy of great Cæfar:
He, only, in a general honeft thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle, and the elements

So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up,
And fay to all the world-This was a man!

A fine copy of the Laocoon; the writhings and Laocoom:

diftortions of the old man and the two youths are

represented with a verity that shocks humanity.

And firft around the tender boys they wind, Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind.

The wretched father running to their aid

With pious hafte, but vain, they next invade :
Twice round his waift their winding volumes roll'd,
And twice about his gafping throat they fold.
The priest thus doubly choak'd, their creft divides
And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride,
With both his hands he labours at the knots,
His holy fillets the blue venom blots;
His roaring fills the flitting air around.

But confidered at fome diftance as a group, the old man appears of a fize gigantic, when com pared with the two young ones; and you would be apt to think them of a different species or race

of men.

A fine antique wild boar, whose bristles are wonderful; yet the chiffel has been lefs employed in fculpting this favage animal than one could easily believe without feeing it; I own I felt fomething like fear when I approached him.

I think I have not omitted any sculptures in the gallery that we particularly liked; therefore Tribune. I now proceed to the Tribune, which is a large octagon room, lighted from the top, and glazed with oriental cryftal; the ceiling is in the form of a cupola, and is incrufted with mother-of-pearl; the walls are hung with crimson velvet, and the floor beautifully inlaid with various forts of marble.

The fix Greek ftatues.

On entering, the fix famous Greek statues fix the attention; and it is not till after thefe have had a full examination, that you can attend to the pictures and other curiofities with which this room abounds. Thefe ftatues are, the famous The Ve. Venus of Medicis, the celeftial Venus, Venus nuses. Victrix, the Fawn, the Wreftlers, and the Arootino.

The famous Ve

The Venus of Medicis exceeded in beauty and grace all the ideas we had formed of her; Medicis. one cannot but regret that it is not yet decided

nus of

who