Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

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Conqueror’s weeping for new Worlds,
or some other the like Circumstance of
f. ' Hiftory. There is also in Porphyry
the Head of a Faun, and of the God
Pan. Among the entire Figures I took
particular notice of a Veltal Virgin,
with the Holy Fire burning before her.
This Statue, I think, may decide that
notable Controversie among the Anti-
quark. whether the Vestals, after hav-
ing received the Tonsure, ever suffered
their Hair to come again, for it is here
full grown, and gathered under the Veil.
The Brazen Figure of the Consul, with
the Ring on his Finger, reminded me
of ^u’venaT^ majoris pondera Gemma.
There is another Statue in Brass, suppo-
sed to be of Apollo^ with this Modern
Inscription on the Pedestal, which I
must confess I do not know what to
make of. Ut potui hue veni mufie etsra-
ire reliSto. I saw in the same Gallery
the Famous Figure of the Wild Boar,
the Gladiator, the Narcissus, the Cupid
and Pfyche, the Flora^ with some Mo-,
dern Statues that several others have de-
scribed. Among the Antique Figures
there is a fine one of Morpheus in Touch-
stone. I have always observed, that this
God is represented by the ancient Sta-
tuaries under the Figure of a Boy asseep,
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