Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . 29. Bust of Augustus (63 ). This bust was once in the collection of Edmund Sculpture, III. No. 1877. Gat. 30. Head of Nero (37-68 ). The type is that of his later years. Brought from Athens by Dr. Askew in 1740, and afterwardsin the Towneley Collection. Gat. of Sculpture, III. No. 1887. 31. Bust of Trajan (53-117 ). Found in the Eoman Campagna. From the TowneleyCollection. Gat. of Sculpture, III. No. 1893. 32. Bust of Hadrian (76-138 ). Formerly in the Vi
Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . 29. Bust of Augustus (63 ). This bust was once in the collection of Edmund Sculpture, III. No. 1877. Gat. 30. Head of Nero (37-68 ). The type is that of his later years. Brought from Athens by Dr. Askew in 1740, and afterwardsin the Towneley Collection. Gat. of Sculpture, III. No. 1887. 31. Bust of Trajan (53-117 ). Found in the Eoman Campagna. From the TowneleyCollection. Gat. of Sculpture, III. No. 1893. 32. Bust of Hadrian (76-138 ). Formerly in the Villa Montalto at Eome. From the TowneleyCollection. Gat. of Sculpture, III. No. 1897. LIST OF PLATES. PLATE. 33. Bust of Antinous, the favourite of Hadrian (about 110-130 ).He is here represented with the ivy wreath of Dionysos. Thehead, which is mounted on a modern bust, is probably derivedfrom a statue of heroic size. The fragments of it are saidto have been found with the head on the Janiculan hill atRome. From the Towneley Collection. Gat. of Sculpture, 1899. J t > PLATE. 34. 35. |»f;< **t oanieiA fiMHpoiMYOor ^ Utopia roiHiiI TPArniiA komaaia Tijii * pe Fig. 3.—Apotheosis of Homee (Plate 36). Bust of Marcus Aurelius, emperor and philosopher (121-180 ) He wears a beaded fillet, a wreath of bearded corn,and a veil, being the sacrificial costume of the College of ArvalBrothers. This was an ancient corporation, whose primary dutywas to conduct annual sacrifices to the goddess Dea Dia, onbehalf of the crops. From the Towneley Collection. Gat. of Sculpture., 1907. Eelief representing a visit paid by Dionysos to the house ofa mortal, perhaps Icarios, an Athenian who received the godhospitably, and was taught by him the art of making appears in his Indian form, bearded and corpulent,and accompanied by his train. In the background a Satyr isdecking the house with festoons. A work of the younger Attic the T
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