Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . r to any evidence of the fact. This, like No. 43, is one of the pieces inthe collection of which there is no was the patron of travellers and shep-herds ; and Cilicia being on the high road betweenthe eastern and western nations, it is remarkablethat no more images of this god should have beenmet with. No. 43. A beautiful and simple head of a lady,not unlike the one representing Ceres : it wasprobably intended to represent th
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . r to any evidence of the fact. This, like No. 43, is one of the pieces inthe collection of which there is no was the patron of travellers and shep-herds ; and Cilicia being on the high road betweenthe eastern and western nations, it is remarkablethat no more images of this god should have beenmet with. No. 43. A beautiful and simple head of a lady,not unlike the one representing Ceres : it wasprobably intended to represent the same person NO. 43.—HEAD OF A . , • x -^ i J 1-i. i • ^ lauy. ^^ ^^^ private capacity oi a daughter or a bride. iVIr. Al)ington says of this piece, The artist hasrepresented nature with the most perfect truth in the front viMv and inthe profile. It was made out of a plaster mould, as may be seen bythe bleb in the corner of the mouth; but the joining of the mould wasvery imperfect, as shewn by the thick clumsy seam. Looking to No, 14, which is a figure of Victory, with the palmand crown, and of which we have a great many representations in. VICTORY AND ACTION. 189 this collection, by different masters, I must note, that there was agreat battle fought in Asia Minor between Septimus Severus and hisrival Piscennius Niger, in which the inhabitants of that province tookgreat interest. If these figures could be proved to refer to the triumph
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