Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

1787. Heroic head, thrust forward, with loose matted hair
arching brows, and lips parted with an expression of pain.
The left side of the head was a separate piece, now
wanting. Bronze rivets (for a wreath ?) remain in posi-
tion.—Ephesus.

Marble. Height, 9 inches. From Mr. Wood's excavations, 1868.

1787*. Youthful heroic head, from a statuette, with short
curling hair. The pupils of the eyes are strongly marked,
and the surface is finely polished.—Rome.

Fine white marble. Height, 2J inches. Bought, 1873.

1788. Ideal male head, with long flowing hair. The head is
slightly raised. The pupils of the eyes are marked.—
Toivneley Coll.

White marble. The hair is separately worked in yellow marble, and
fitted on like a wig. Height, 5| inches. Restored: bust.
Synopsis (1808), p. 102, No. 23; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 57.

1789. Two youthful male Leads, attached back to back, like
a double term. Roughly sculptured and unfinished. 3rd
cent. a.d. (?).—Ephesus.

Marble. Height, 7f inches. From Mr. Wood's excavations, 1868.

1790. Head of a youth, somewhat below life-size. The lips
appear to be compressed and protruding, but the whole
of the surface is much obliterated, and it is difficult to
distinguish the style. The back of the head is partly
broken away.

Pentelic marble. Height, 8 inches.

1791. Uncertain head, with short curling hair, growing low
on the neck, and brought over each ear. The outlines of
the face appear feminine, but the fashion of the hair is
decidedly masculine.

Pentelic marble, with surface corroded. Height, 10J inches. The
end of the nose is mutilated.