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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
1687. Muse (?) seated on a rock with a lyre and plectrum
(both restored). She wears a long- chiton girt at the
waist, a mantle falling over her left shoulder and round
her lower limbs, and sandals. The moulded base is
inscribed Ev/xoucrta in letters of a late form.—Towneley
Coll.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored : head, both arms,
and lyre; parts of drapery. Purchased from the Barberini
Palace, 1771. Dallaway, p. 299; Mus. Marbles, X., pi. dl,
fig. 2 ; Ellis, Town. Gall, I., p. 227 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 222) ;
Clarac, III., pi. 520, No. 1074a; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler,
IT., pi. 58, No. 744; Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 48.
1688. Statue of a Muse ('?). Female figure, standing with
right knee bent, and right foot drawn back. She wears
a long tunic and shoes, and is closely wrapped in a mantle
which envelopes both arms. The right hand issues from
the mantle, and holds an edge of it near the left shoulder.
The left hand, now wanting, also issued from the mantle
near the left thigh. The head is lost. Greek work.—
Thebes. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height (without plinth), 2 feet 10 inches. Mus.
Marbles, IX., pi. 4; Synopsis, 316 (208); Ellis, Elgin Marbles,
II., p. 122 ; Visconti, Memoir, p. xii.
1688*. Muse (?). A woman is seated on a rock}- base, half turned
to the right. She wears a long chiton and shoes, and is
closely wrapped in a large mantle, which envelopes both
arms. The head is wanting. The left hand holds an
uncertain object, perhaps a plectrum, and if so the inter-
pretation as a Muse would be established. The rocks
rest on a rectangular plinth.
Limestone. Height, 1 foot J inch.
1689. Statuette of a seated female figure, perhaps a Muse.
She is wanting above the breasts. The figure is draped
in a tunic, with a himation wrapped round the legs, and
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
1687. Muse (?) seated on a rock with a lyre and plectrum
(both restored). She wears a long- chiton girt at the
waist, a mantle falling over her left shoulder and round
her lower limbs, and sandals. The moulded base is
inscribed Ev/xoucrta in letters of a late form.—Towneley
Coll.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored : head, both arms,
and lyre; parts of drapery. Purchased from the Barberini
Palace, 1771. Dallaway, p. 299; Mus. Marbles, X., pi. dl,
fig. 2 ; Ellis, Town. Gall, I., p. 227 (= Vaux, Handbook, p. 222) ;
Clarac, III., pi. 520, No. 1074a; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler,
IT., pi. 58, No. 744; Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 48.
1688. Statue of a Muse ('?). Female figure, standing with
right knee bent, and right foot drawn back. She wears
a long tunic and shoes, and is closely wrapped in a mantle
which envelopes both arms. The right hand issues from
the mantle, and holds an edge of it near the left shoulder.
The left hand, now wanting, also issued from the mantle
near the left thigh. The head is lost. Greek work.—
Thebes. Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble. Height (without plinth), 2 feet 10 inches. Mus.
Marbles, IX., pi. 4; Synopsis, 316 (208); Ellis, Elgin Marbles,
II., p. 122 ; Visconti, Memoir, p. xii.
1688*. Muse (?). A woman is seated on a rock}- base, half turned
to the right. She wears a long chiton and shoes, and is
closely wrapped in a large mantle, which envelopes both
arms. The head is wanting. The left hand holds an
uncertain object, perhaps a plectrum, and if so the inter-
pretation as a Muse would be established. The rocks
rest on a rectangular plinth.
Limestone. Height, 1 foot J inch.
1689. Statuette of a seated female figure, perhaps a Muse.
She is wanting above the breasts. The figure is draped
in a tunic, with a himation wrapped round the legs, and