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OF THE
PLATES,
PLATE i. J. HE Athenian Youths and Virgins expreffing their Gratitude to Thefeus for having killed the Minotaur.
PLATE 2. This Plate is conjectured to be a Reprcfentation of Telephus fucklcd by a Hind. Other Figures — Hercules, a
winged Genius near him, the fitting Lady, perhaps Arcadia emblematically perfonified, with Pan, or Faunus behind her.
PLATE 3. Hercules ftrangling two Serpents; his firft Labour. Other Figures — Jupiter, Alcmena, Amphitryon and Iphiclus.
PLATE 4. The Centaur Chiron, teaching Achilles to play on the Lyre. Bottom Piece -— Two Bacchants.
PLATE 5. The Satyr Marfyas inftru&ing Olympus on the Flute, thought to be a Copy from one of Polygnotus's Pictures
defcribed by Paufanias X. 30-
PLATE 6. Polyphemus, the Cyclops, receiving a Billet-doux from a Genius upon a Dolphin, fuppofed to be difpatched from
Galatea. Servius in a Note on Virgil, L. 3. V. 36. remarks, that many Writers allow Polyphemus but one Eye; lome two; others
three. Bottom Piece, a little Cupid in Venus's Car drawn by Swans. Sec Ovid's Metam. X. 718.
PLATE 7. Pylades difcovering Oreftes to Iphigenia, and delivering her Letter. See Eurip. Iphig. in Tauris. Other Figures___
The old Man in aftonifhment may be King Thoas, the Figure in the Chlamys, bearing a Quiver, the Statue of Minerva; the
other two Women form the Chorus of the Play.
PLATE 8. A Family Meal in the antient Manner. Compare it with Plate lvii, lviii. of Montfaucon, Tom. 3. part 1. Book 3. ch. 7.
See Ciacconius, Stuckius, and others on the antient Meals.
PLATE 9. Two dancing Figures; one in yellow Drapery, the other Green bordered with Vermillion; the latter on the righ;
hand.
PLATE 10. A Dancer in a thin Veft of Yellow, trimmed with an azure Border. She has golden Bracelets, a Necklace, a
Wreath of Pearls with white Ribands binding her flaxen Hair.
PLATE 11. This beautiful Figure, reprefented in the Dance which Pollux calls ILvaXiJfc, or the Dim-Dance, has light Hair,
yellow tranfparent Drapery, a Sky-blue Riband on her Forehead, and a filver Dim in her hand, from whence the Dance derives
its Name.
PLATE 12. A Bacchant with a Tympanum, or Cymbal, double Pearl Bracelets and a Necklace, a very fine white Habit with
a red Border; and Sandals bound with red Riband.
PLATE 13. Another Bacchant dancing; her Hair wreathed with Ivy; a Safh of Panther's Skin on her left Shoulder; the reft
of her Drapery a Sky-blue Palla or Amiculum; double bracelets of Gold; yellow Pantofles tied with Strings of the fame Colour;
Cymbals in her Hands.
PLATE 14. The Drapery of this airy Figure is purple, the Veil excepted, which is yellow. The Head is fuppofed to be
adorned with Reed-Leaves : She has golden Bracelets and Sandals. She bears a Pitcher in one Hand, and a Dim of Figs in the
other, fuppofed to be an Offering of firft Fruits to Bacchus.
PLATE 15. This Nymph has a Chaplet of the Blades of Corn: Her Veft is white, her Veil green: She carries a Bafket in
one Hand, and a Difli in the other, and is a Companion of the preceding Figure.
PLATE -j6. This Figure is drcft in a white Tunic with an upper Veft of Blue edged with Red. She has Pendants of Pearls;
a red Riband binds her Forehead and fattens a yellow Veil about her light Hair. The Bough in her Hand is fecmingiy Citron,
the Sceptre, gold.
PLATE 17. A Centaur carrying on his Back a half-naked Bacchant: His upper Part is Bronze, the lower, afh-coloured: His
Hair light, as is alfo that of the Bacchant. The Piece is allegorical, and feems to exprefs the flavifli Patience of Lovers in bear-
ing the imperious Treatment of their Miftreffes.
PLATE 18. A female Centaur, with a young Nymph behind her in yellow Drapery; a Bacchant as may be difcovered by the
Thyrfus. The Centaur's Drapery is green; her Skin extremely white. The Intention of the Piece cannot cafily be learnt. Zeuxis
was the firft who imagined female Centaurs.
PLATE 19. A Centaur and Bacchant: The Horfe-Part of the former is a bright Bay: The Drapery of both Figures is purple.
PLATE 20. This beautiful Piece merits particular Attention. Every thing in the Centaur is full of Grace and Delicacy. The
Union of the Human with the Horfe-Part is admirable. The former is fair, the latter a gloffy white. The Drapery of the Youth
is purple, that of the Centaur yellow. The Back-Ground of this and the three preceding Pieces is blue.
OF THE
PLATES,
PLATE i. J. HE Athenian Youths and Virgins expreffing their Gratitude to Thefeus for having killed the Minotaur.
PLATE 2. This Plate is conjectured to be a Reprcfentation of Telephus fucklcd by a Hind. Other Figures — Hercules, a
winged Genius near him, the fitting Lady, perhaps Arcadia emblematically perfonified, with Pan, or Faunus behind her.
PLATE 3. Hercules ftrangling two Serpents; his firft Labour. Other Figures — Jupiter, Alcmena, Amphitryon and Iphiclus.
PLATE 4. The Centaur Chiron, teaching Achilles to play on the Lyre. Bottom Piece -— Two Bacchants.
PLATE 5. The Satyr Marfyas inftru&ing Olympus on the Flute, thought to be a Copy from one of Polygnotus's Pictures
defcribed by Paufanias X. 30-
PLATE 6. Polyphemus, the Cyclops, receiving a Billet-doux from a Genius upon a Dolphin, fuppofed to be difpatched from
Galatea. Servius in a Note on Virgil, L. 3. V. 36. remarks, that many Writers allow Polyphemus but one Eye; lome two; others
three. Bottom Piece, a little Cupid in Venus's Car drawn by Swans. Sec Ovid's Metam. X. 718.
PLATE 7. Pylades difcovering Oreftes to Iphigenia, and delivering her Letter. See Eurip. Iphig. in Tauris. Other Figures___
The old Man in aftonifhment may be King Thoas, the Figure in the Chlamys, bearing a Quiver, the Statue of Minerva; the
other two Women form the Chorus of the Play.
PLATE 8. A Family Meal in the antient Manner. Compare it with Plate lvii, lviii. of Montfaucon, Tom. 3. part 1. Book 3. ch. 7.
See Ciacconius, Stuckius, and others on the antient Meals.
PLATE 9. Two dancing Figures; one in yellow Drapery, the other Green bordered with Vermillion; the latter on the righ;
hand.
PLATE 10. A Dancer in a thin Veft of Yellow, trimmed with an azure Border. She has golden Bracelets, a Necklace, a
Wreath of Pearls with white Ribands binding her flaxen Hair.
PLATE 11. This beautiful Figure, reprefented in the Dance which Pollux calls ILvaXiJfc, or the Dim-Dance, has light Hair,
yellow tranfparent Drapery, a Sky-blue Riband on her Forehead, and a filver Dim in her hand, from whence the Dance derives
its Name.
PLATE 12. A Bacchant with a Tympanum, or Cymbal, double Pearl Bracelets and a Necklace, a very fine white Habit with
a red Border; and Sandals bound with red Riband.
PLATE 13. Another Bacchant dancing; her Hair wreathed with Ivy; a Safh of Panther's Skin on her left Shoulder; the reft
of her Drapery a Sky-blue Palla or Amiculum; double bracelets of Gold; yellow Pantofles tied with Strings of the fame Colour;
Cymbals in her Hands.
PLATE 14. The Drapery of this airy Figure is purple, the Veil excepted, which is yellow. The Head is fuppofed to be
adorned with Reed-Leaves : She has golden Bracelets and Sandals. She bears a Pitcher in one Hand, and a Dim of Figs in the
other, fuppofed to be an Offering of firft Fruits to Bacchus.
PLATE 15. This Nymph has a Chaplet of the Blades of Corn: Her Veft is white, her Veil green: She carries a Bafket in
one Hand, and a Difli in the other, and is a Companion of the preceding Figure.
PLATE -j6. This Figure is drcft in a white Tunic with an upper Veft of Blue edged with Red. She has Pendants of Pearls;
a red Riband binds her Forehead and fattens a yellow Veil about her light Hair. The Bough in her Hand is fecmingiy Citron,
the Sceptre, gold.
PLATE 17. A Centaur carrying on his Back a half-naked Bacchant: His upper Part is Bronze, the lower, afh-coloured: His
Hair light, as is alfo that of the Bacchant. The Piece is allegorical, and feems to exprefs the flavifli Patience of Lovers in bear-
ing the imperious Treatment of their Miftreffes.
PLATE 18. A female Centaur, with a young Nymph behind her in yellow Drapery; a Bacchant as may be difcovered by the
Thyrfus. The Centaur's Drapery is green; her Skin extremely white. The Intention of the Piece cannot cafily be learnt. Zeuxis
was the firft who imagined female Centaurs.
PLATE 19. A Centaur and Bacchant: The Horfe-Part of the former is a bright Bay: The Drapery of both Figures is purple.
PLATE 20. This beautiful Piece merits particular Attention. Every thing in the Centaur is full of Grace and Delicacy. The
Union of the Human with the Horfe-Part is admirable. The former is fair, the latter a gloffy white. The Drapery of the Youth
is purple, that of the Centaur yellow. The Back-Ground of this and the three preceding Pieces is blue.