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)

UNKNOWN ROMAN PORTRAITS.

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1975. Portrait bust of a beardless man, with head slightly
turned to his left, with short curling hair, and eyebrows
strongly marked. The type of the head, though beardless,
is suggestive of Hadrian. 2nd cent. a.d.

Brown stone. Height, 5J inches. Bought of Castellani, 1873.

1976. Uncertain Imperial bust (so-called Vitellius), wearing
cuirass and cloak. The face has been much worked over.
—Presented by Tlios. Mollis, Esq., 1757.

The head is of giallo-antico, the bust of slate-coloured marble.
Height, 7J inches. Synopsis (1808), Room X., No. 46; Ellis,
Town. Gall., II., p. 31.

1977. Male head. The hair is roughly blocked out and
unfinished. The style is rough.—Excavated by Consul
Werry, in the Cyrenaica, 1856.

Marble. Height, 3§ inches.

UNKNOWN FEMALE PORTRAITS.

1985. (Plate XXI.) Bust of a young girl. The hair, braided
in two long plaits, is wound twice round the head and
fastened with a ribbon. The mouth is open, and the
pupils of the eyes are incised.

Italian marble. Height, 1 foot. Restored : bust, nose. The face is
worked over. Bought of Castellani, 1873. Grceco-Roman Guide,
I., No. 108a; Hansell, No. 1299.

1986. (Plate XXI.) Bust of a young girl. The hair is
drawn back from all sides, in tightly-twisted curls, to
the back of the head, where they are coiled together.
Some loose curls are incised on the forehead. Traces of
red colour are visible in the hair. The style of headdress