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A NEW 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PICTURES, j BUSTOS, 
 STATUES, I BASSO RELIEVOS, 
 
 AND OTHER 
 
 CURIOSITIES, 
 
 IN THE 
 
 Earl of PEMBROKE'S Houfe, 
 
 A T , 
 
 W 1 L T O N. 
 
 In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole 
 of Cardinal Richelieu's, Cardinal Mazarine's, and 
 the greateft Part of the Earl of Arundel's ; befides fe- 
 veral particular Pieces, purchafed at different Times. 
 
 THE NINTH EDITION, 
 
 Corrected, and Enlarged. 
 
 SALISBURY: 
 
 PRINTED BY E. EASTON, 
 
 FOR HENRY COWARD, AT WILTON-HOUSE. 
 
 M.DCC.LXXIX. 
 
 [Price Half-a-Crown.] 
 
To the PUBLIC 
 
 i H E frequent Demand for a new ; 
 and more accurate Account of thefe 
 Sculptures and Paintings, will render 
 unneceffary any Apology for the Pub- 
 lication of this. 
 
 Time, generally fpeaking, varies 
 Taftes; but in this Collection the 
 moft refined Taftes in every Age will 
 meet with Subjects worthy their At- 
 tention. Statuary and Painting, Twin 
 and Rival Arts, muft be allowed to be 
 ufeful and entertaining ; and here 
 thofe whofe Genius and Tafte lead 
 them to admire thofe exquifite Works 
 of the Antients, and of the greateft 
 Matters in modern Times, have an 
 Opportunity at one View, as it were 
 of gratifying the moft infatiable Curi- 
 ofi ty, 
 
 But can our Eyes feaft on, or Minds 
 feel the pleafing Senfation of increafing 
 
 o 
 
 Know- 
 
To the PUBLIC. 
 
 Knowledge, without a Thought in- 
 truding on thofe great and noble Perfo- 
 nages, to whofe Munificence, Genius, 
 and Induftry, we are indebted for their 
 Prefervation ? To them it is folely 
 owing, that thefe Patterns of the moft 
 finifhed Productions the World ever 
 faw, have been brought to Light ; and 
 this Collection, of which the following 
 Pages is but a fummary Account, con- 
 tains, perhaps, the moft numerous and 
 moft excellent Specimens of the Greek 
 and Roman Artifts ; Works, that have 
 efcaped the Ravages of Time, and 
 outlived thofe States, that nurtured, 
 and brought them to Perfection, 
 
 Advertisement to the Reader. 
 
 1 HE Names of the Marbles in Italian, the Language 
 in which they were firft diftinguifhed by the Moderns, are 
 marked in Italk Characters : and it is to be obferved, that 
 the Quarries of all thofe Marbles, which are called Antique* 
 are at prefent unknown ; as likewife are thofe of Porphyry 
 and Serpentine. 
 
A 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Antiquities and Curiofities 
 
 I N 
 
 WILTON-HOUSE. 
 
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 At the Porter $ Lodge. 
 
 Over the Door, 
 H E Busto of Lucilla Junior. 
 
 In the Court before the grand Front of 
 the Houfe, ftands a Column of white 
 Egyptian Granite, out of the Arundd Col- 
 lection. The Shaft weighs between 60 and 
 70 Hundred Weight, of one Piece. It 
 has a Fillet (as very antiently was ufual) 
 five Inches broad below, and another at 
 Top, three Inches broad -, which Fillets 
 project but Half an Inch. The Height is 
 B 13 Fee£ 
 
2 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 13 Feet and a Half, the Diameter 22 In- 
 ches, and leiTens fcarce two Inches at Top. 
 The Greeks afterwards, by Degrees, leffen'd 
 more. It had a Hols both at Top and 
 Bottom, which mews that it antiently 
 ilood as a fingle Pillar. Mr, Evelyn bought 
 it for the Earl of Arundel at Rome, where 
 Julius Ccefar had fet it up before the Tem- 
 ple of Venus Genetrix. 
 
 The Statue cf Venus, ftanding on its 
 Top, Lord Arundel valued much, becaufe 
 it was the only one caft from a Model made 
 at Rome, proportionable to fome Parts re- 
 maining of the broken Antique. This Co- 
 lumn was never erected lince it fell in the 
 Ruins of old Rome, 'till fee up here, with a 
 Corinthian Capital and Bafe of white Mar- 
 ble, which makes the Column eight Diame- 
 ters. The Whole, with all its Parts, is 
 32 Feet high. 
 
 On the lower Fillet of this Column are 
 five Letters in the following Shape : 
 
 avsoi 
 
 T R T S A 
 
 Which 
 
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 Which Letters being read after the Man- 
 ner of the Eaftern Tongues, from the 
 Right Hand to the Left, and having the 
 proper Vowels fupplied, make Astarte, 
 the Name by which Venus was worshipped 
 among the antient Nations of the Eaft, par- 
 ticularly the Sidonians : for it is faid in the 
 firft Book of Kings, that Solomon went after 
 AJhtoreth, whom the Septuagint call Ajlarte* 
 
 This Goddefs was the fame with the Ve- 
 nus Ccelejlris of the Greeks -, and originally 
 an oriental Deity; as Selden in his Treatife 
 of the Syrian Gods abundantly proves. The 
 Perfians gave her the Name of Mitra, the 
 Arabians of Alilat, and the Syrians Mylittai 
 the laft, when literally tranflated from the 
 Caldee, is Genetrix. 
 
 Lord Pembroke, in his MSS. very clearly 
 mews the Letters before mention'd to be 
 Egyptian, and of the antient Alphabet, 
 which was common to the Phenicians and 
 contiguous Nations : the firft Letter is ufed 
 fifteen times as an Alpha on his Lordfhip's 
 Phenician Medals; the fecond is a Caph, 
 B 2 which 
 
4 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 which was formerly ufed for an S : the third 
 is a T, and may be feen on Phenician Coins ; 
 if the middle Stroke of the fourth joined 
 the Hook at the Bottom, it would then be 
 the old inverted triangular R of the antient 
 Greeks. 
 
 For thefe Reafons, which exactly cor- 
 refpond with each other, the Column is 
 certainly of great Antiquity, as well as the 
 original Statue from which the prefent was 
 madt. 
 
 In the Front of the Houfe, on each 
 Side of the Entrance. 
 
 Two Statues of black Marble, out 
 of the Ruins of the Palace of Egypt, in 
 which the Viceroys of Perfa lived many 
 Years after Camhyfes had conquered Egypt, 
 and returned to Perfa. There is a Garment 
 on their Shoulders of different coloured 
 Marble, and only their Toes appear at Bot- 
 tom. There is the old Bandage Diadem on 
 oneof them. Single Statues without Arms 
 were in Ufe long after they could make 
 them with Arms, not only in Egypt, 
 but in Greece. Such Termini were fet at 
 
 their 
 
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 their Doors without, as the Limits and 
 Boundaries of their Houfes. Thefe Ter- 
 mini fometimes reprefented illuftrious Men, 
 and therefore were reverenced by both Gre- 
 cians and Romans : However, the latter 
 did not allow in their Figures the obfcene 
 Parts to be expofed to View : The Perfians, 
 who abhorred Idols as Objects of religious 
 Adoration, yet admitted Termini with the 
 fame decent Reftrictions. 
 
 Fitruvius fays, they ferved as Ornaments 
 in Architecture; the Pedeftals being on 
 Plinths high enough for the Door, when 
 their Heads came to the Bottom of the Ar- 
 chitrave. They mewed a Pride (as fome 
 think) to reprefent their Captives in this 
 fervile Poftureof bearing and fupporting, 
 
 The great Gate-way and Tower into the 
 Inner- Court were begun by William Earl of 
 Pembroke, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 
 and finifhed by his Son Henry Earl of 
 Pembroke. The faid Earl William received 
 
 from King Henry VIII. a Grant of Wilton- 
 Abbeyi 
 
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A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 In the Middle of the Inner Court. 
 
 In four Niches of a Pedeftal (whereon 
 ftandeth a Horfe as large as the Life) are 
 
 four Statues : 
 
 The firft is Diana. 
 
 On the right Hand, is Venus picking a 
 Thorn out of her Foot.— See this Circum- 
 ilance mention'd in Bions fecond Idyllium. 
 
 The next is Venus holding a Shell in her 
 right Hand : her left Hand has hold of the 
 Tail of a Dolphin. Thofe Symbols are to 
 {hew that the Empire of the Goddefs of 
 Love extends over the Inhabitants of the 
 watry Element : Or they may allude to her 
 being generated from the Sea. 
 
 The fourth is Venus and Cupid. He 
 is begging for his Quiver of Arrows. 
 
 In two painted Niches are two Statues : 
 
 The firft is Attys, the High-Prieft of 
 
 Cybele, cloathed as a Woman. — Attys was 
 
 kS Phrygian Shepherd, and of a comely 
 
 Form y 
 
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 Form -, he afterwards became the Prieft of 
 Cykele, or the Syrian Goddefs, and firft in- 
 ftituted Rites and Ceremonies in Honour 
 of her, and travelled from one Country to 
 another to eftablifh the Worfhip of Rhea, 
 and Magna Mater, and at length he himfelf 
 obtained a Place in Heaven. 
 
 He was ufually adored as the Sun ; and 
 it is faid the Sun, Seraphis, Mithras, Pluto, 
 Typhon, Attys, Amnion, and Adonis, arc 
 the fame Deity. "Julian, the Roman Em- 
 peror, called Attys Magnum Deum, the 
 great Divinity : Statues were erected to him, 
 and Lucian particularly mentions a golden 
 one to Attys, and placed among thofe of - 
 Anubis and Mithras. We frequently fee 
 him on Monuments with Cybele, and fome- 
 times alone. He fometimes holds a Shep- 
 herd's Crook and Pipe, and is reprefented 
 with the Pine-Tree, which was facred to 
 Rhea. 
 
 In the other Niche is the Statue of Au- 
 tumnus, with Autumnal Fruit. 
 
 On one Side of the Gate- Way. 
 The Bufto of ^Enobarbus. 
 This Bufto ftands upon an antient Altar 
 B4 of 
 
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 of Bacchus ; round it we may fee the whole 
 Drefs of this Prieft, alio the Thyrfus in 
 one Hand : He has a Panther after him, 
 alio two PriefterTes going in Proceilion 
 round the Altar ; The Thyrfus in the 
 PrieiVs Hand, is a plain Pine-Apple, not 
 adorned with Bunches of Grapes, as that 
 mentioned in the Great Hall ; which there- 
 fore feems to be an adorned Scepter for Bac- 
 chus himfelf , and the rather, becaufe in the 
 triangular iUtar, upon a Table in the Cube 
 Room, the Pried has alfo a Thyrfus, but 
 plain as this here, only with this Addition, 
 that it has Pine-Apples, one at each End, 
 the Stalks being joined at the Middle, where 
 his Hand holds it f 
 
 Here follows the Infcription, ending in 
 a Circle round the Altar : 
 
 Canamas. Dionyfium. 
 
 Pulchri-Formem. Bacchatorem. 
 
 JMOOMENOM 
 
 Flavi-Comum, 
 
 The 
 
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 The Epjilon for an Eta is fufficient to 
 ihew, that it was before the Addition of 
 the four laft Letters, and therefore it is 
 likely Omicorn ftands for Omega, becaufe 
 learned Men agree that ^mu^ Canamus fuits 
 the old Hymn to Bacchus, better than /w^w^m 
 Canimus, 
 
 In the Porch (built by Hans Holbein) 
 leading into the Veftibule. 
 
 The Bufto of Hannibal. 
 Pescennius Niger. 
 Albinus. 
 
 MlLTIADES. 
 
 Bujlos in the Veftibule. 
 
 Labienus Parthicus. 
 Theophrastus. 
 
 Hadrian. 
 
 Caligula. 
 
 Vibius Varus. 
 
 Marcia Octacilla, Wife of Philip. 
 
 OCTA- 
 
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 Oct avi a, the firft Wife of Nero; of 
 fine coloured Marble ; her Head-Drefs alfo 
 very fine, with Leaves and Ears of Corn 
 bound round upon her Hair. This Butt, 
 and that of PoppjEA, are both very cu- 
 rious. 
 
 The Budo of Julia, incomparable fine 
 Greek Sculpture, and (as feveral others in 
 this Collection) of Parian Marble. She 
 was Wife to Agrippa, Daughter to Scribo* 
 ma, third Wife to Auguftus, from whom 
 he was afterwards divorced, when he mar- 
 ried Livia Drufilla, with whom he lived 
 happily* She however procured the Death 
 of his Grand-Children, Cairn and Lucius, 
 the Sons of this Julia, to make Way for 
 *Tiberius> one of her own. 
 
 The Budo of Marcus Junius Brutus, 
 who dabbed Julius Cajar* It is of the beft 
 Sculpture. 
 
 The Bufto of Marcia, the firft Wife 
 of Septimus Severus. The Plaiting of the 
 Hair, and the Drefs of the Head, very An- 
 gular. 
 
 Here 
 
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 Here are two Columns of the Pavonazzo, 
 or Peacock Marble, each nine Feet feven 
 Inches high ; both of them had Capitals 
 which ferved for Urns. There are Holes 
 at the Top to put the Ames in ; they were 
 in the Columbarium of a Nobleman and his 
 Wife, and the Infcription over them, which 
 was in the Walij iignified that they had 
 made that Columbarium. 
 
 In the Middle of the Veftibule. 
 
 The Statue of Apollo, out of the Juf- 
 tiniani Gallery. He appears with a moft 
 graceful Air in a refting Pofture, having 
 hung his Quiver on the Laurel, which is 
 ornamented with very fine Sculpture. 
 
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iz A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 In the GREAT HALL. 
 
 Statues, Buftos, Sarcophagus's, [or 
 Tombs) and Baflo-Relievos. 
 
 APANTHEON, having the Symbols 
 of three Divinities -> a Cornucopia 
 with Fruit for Vertumnus ; out of it, Grapes 
 for Bacchus, and Ears of Corn for Ceres. 
 The Figure is a comely Man, in the Prime 
 of his Age and Strength, without any 
 Beard, and therefore is probably an Apollo^ 
 larger than ihe Life. 
 
 The Statue of Faunus, finely twirling 
 his Body, by looking down over his Shoul- 
 der at his Leopard. 
 
 The Statue of Didia Clara, Daugh- 
 ter to the Emperor Didius julianus, bigger 
 than the Life, fitting in a Chair : She 
 holds a fenatorial Roll, in a genteel Pof- 
 ture. The Drapery of her Cloathing is 
 
 verv fine. 
 
 A 
 
In WiLTON-Housi. 13 
 
 A Bufto of Marcus Aurelius, when 
 
 Cafar. 
 
 I?i a Niche* 
 
 The Statue of An ti nous, the Favou- 
 rite of the Emceror Hadrian; a beautiful 
 Youth, 
 
 The Bnfto of Cleopatra, toe Sifter 
 of Alexander the Great, and Wife to An- 
 tipater % 
 
 A Sarcophagus (or Tomb) adorned in 
 in the Front in Alto-Relievo, tw; Cupids 
 holding two Feftoons of Fruit: Over each 
 Feftcon are two Heads of the Heathen Dei- 
 ties : Under one of the Feitoons is a Lion 
 and an Ox \ under the other Feiloon is a 
 Goat and a Cock. This is described by 
 Safoini, — vidt Tab. 7. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Tomb is Euterpe 
 the Mule, lining with a Flute, She is 
 faid to be the Inventor cf Wind-Mufiek. 
 A Number of the Mutes were found a: 
 Rome, but mcft of them injured by Time 
 
 and 
 
14 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 and Accident; only two had Heads. AU 
 gardi mended for Chrifiiajia^ Queen of Swe- 
 den, thofe that were defe&ive, and fupplied 
 the reft to make a compleat Set. — Very- 
 fine Sculpture. By Ckomenes. 
 
 Portia, Wife of Brutus. The Medal 
 of Brutus is on her Breaft, a Necklace a- 
 bout her Neck, and a Diadem on her Headj 
 being the only one known to have this Or- 
 nament of a Medal. 
 
 On the Chimney - Piece are the 
 
 three following* 
 
 A fmall Statue of ^Esculapius. The 
 Countenance of this God refembles that 
 of the placid Jove -, he has one Arm bare, 
 as ready for an Operation -, the antient Phy- 
 ficians being alfo Chirurgeons. The Stick 
 with the Serpent twifted round it, mews he 
 is the Roman iEfculapius, who came to 
 Rome under the Form of that Animal. 
 
 The Bufto of Julia Mam^a, Mother 
 
 of Alexander Severus, 
 
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 A fmall antique Statue of Meleager, 
 The Expreffion of the Mufcles deferves 
 Attention, and fhews what characterizes all 
 the antient Heroes, great bodily Strength. 
 —Very fine Sculpture. 
 
 A Bufto of Nero. — This Emperor was 
 the laft of the Julian Family. At the Be- 
 ginning of his Reign, he gave great Hopes 
 to the Roman People of much Felicity ; 
 but in a few Years his Conduct was chan- 
 ged, and he became a moft bloody and cruel 
 Tyrant, and ended his Life miferably. 
 His Countenance very ftrongly marks the 
 Character of his Soul ; a brutifh Stupidity 
 is predominant in every Lineament of his 
 Face. The Shape of his left Arm and 
 Hand is feen through his Robe, and there 
 are two little Cupids at the Bottom of the 
 Bufto. 
 
 A Sarcophagus. In the Middle of the 
 Front is a Circle, wherein are reprefented 
 the half Lengths of a Man and Woman, 
 for whom it may be fuppofed the Tomb 
 was made -, the other Part of the Front is 
 fluted Work : At one End is a Lion, with 
 
 a Uni- 
 
1 6 A "Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 a Unicorn under him ; at the other End a 
 Lion with a wild Boar under him ; at the 
 Bottom, under the Circle, are two Mafks, 
 one of them with Hair, the other having a 
 Veil upon the upper Part : Whence it has 
 been thought by Antiquarians to be the 
 Tomb of Terence the Poet. — This is de- 
 fcribed by Sahini, Tab. 8. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Tomb, is a Queen 
 of the Amazons, beautiful, though in a 
 warlike Adion, being on one Knee, as un- 
 der a Horfe, defending herfelf in Battle. 
 Her Shield is in the Figure of a Half-Moon, 
 according to the Defcription Virgil gives of 
 it in his firfr. Mneid : 
 
 With Fury ftomid Penthesilea there, 
 And led, with moony Shields, her Ama- 
 zons to War -, 
 Amidjl the Thoufands flood the dire Alarms, 
 And the Jierce Maid engagd the Men in 
 Arms. Pitt, B. j, L. 663. 
 
 Behind the lower Part of the Shield, to 
 illuftrate the Aclion, the Sculptor has car- 
 ved a Horfe' s Foot. Her Bufkin plainly 
 
 fhews 
 
 
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 ihews the ancient Shape and Manner of 
 fixing it. By Cleomenes. 
 
 ABufto of Lucilla, the Wife of Mlius* 
 «— yery fine Sculpture. 
 
 In a Nichfr. 
 
 The Statue of MercurV with his Sym- 
 bols, his Petafus and Purfe. 
 
 A Bu&o of Apollo. This Deity is al- 
 ways reprefented extremely handfome % the 
 prefent Bufto exhibits him with an agreea- 
 ble Countenance* 
 
 A Copy of the Venus of Medic is* 
 
 By Wilton* 
 
 The Original of this Statue is in the Flo* 
 rentine Gallery j of which Gori has given 
 the following ingenious Account :-*• 
 
 OF all the beautiful Statues which have; 
 furvived the Ruin of Art; this of Venus is 
 the moft admirable; it is, as it were, a 
 Compendium of the Excellencies of antient 
 Sculpture. The Greeks called this Deity, 
 C Venus 
 
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 us Anadyomene : She is deicribed as e- 
 mcT~:~.z from the Sea; gentle Love is ready 
 to receive her, the Nereids and Nymphs 
 
 i round, Neptune with a Chorus of Tri- 
 chant her Praife, and foft Per fur 
 offers her a Crown. 
 
 The Beauty, Defigo, Elegance, and Exe- 
 cution of the whole, is net to be expreffed. 
 It i$ the general Opinion, that this Me£- 
 cean Venus is the Workmanthip of either 
 Phidias, Praxiteles, or Scop as. Near the 
 Feet of the Goddefs rifes a Dolphin ; on 
 hicn two Cupids are fitting. Statius de- 
 fcribes them :— 
 
 Alma Venus thai:.'::, /v/vz wudb nocle 
 
 jaee. 
 Ample j ''Jut a ma r iti, 
 
 Fulcra torofque Dea ienerum premit agmen 
 Amoru 
 natetunt, quas frre face;, cuce peciora 
 
 Imperety an t err is fce^cire, an malit in undis; 
 A i mifcere Deos, an adhuc r cexare Tonantem* 
 
 Silvar. Lib. I. 
 
 SlL£NUS 
 
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 and Bacchus. — A G:; 
 very fine. 
 
 Flora. — This and the foregoing (both 
 of Parian Marble] were a Prefect to the 
 
 ::.': Philip, Earl of Pt :': :.:, by the D 
 of Tufcany, who in Kin j -'.-:: the 
 
 Firft's Time was in £ . 2nd refidi- _; 
 
 WJkom with the laid Earl three Weeiii. 
 
 A Copy of the Apollo of Belvedere* 
 
 The Bufto of Phile::c:>. 
 
 The Bnfto of Lepidv:. 
 
 A Sz r copbagus> adorned with a fine Co- 
 lumn of the Corinthian Order al e^ch Er.d ; 
 in the Middle is a double Door, partly 
 open, which confirms what antient Authors 
 have laid, that fome were ft made that the 
 Soul might go out to the Elyfian Fields -, 
 At each end of the Tomb is a Griffin. 
 
 , 7 j}. 10. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Tomb is Hercules 
 
 brig before he died. — He leans ready 
 
 C 2 to 
 
20 A Defer Jption of the Curiofities 
 
 to fall, and appears very fick ; Paan, his 
 Friend, looks up at him with great Con- 
 cern. — Apollo dor us informs us, that the 
 Hero having fallen a Sacrifice to the Jea- 
 loufy of Dejanira, afcended the Funeral 
 Pile, which Peean fet on Fire. Hercules, 
 as a Reward of his Fidelity, beftowed on 
 him his Arrows. — Anatomifts greatly ad- 
 mire the Expreflion of the Mufcles. 
 
 Constantine the Great; of better 
 Work than was common in that Age -, as 
 are alfo a few of his Medals. 
 
 Over the Door. 
 
 The Bufto of Pindar. 
 
 The Bufto of Sophocles. 
 
 A Sarcophagus, In the Middle are re- 
 prefented three Figures j Meleager, re- 
 ligioufly turning fomething off from a Pa- 
 tera into the Fire on an Altar ; at his Feet 
 lies the Head of the Calydonian Boar; by 
 him is Atalanta, with a Quiver hang- 
 ing from her Shoulders : The third is 
 
 Theseus. 
 
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 Theseus. — The Antients often devoted 
 themfelves, when they died, to fame Di- 
 vinities, as here, to theie. The whole 
 Bodies of two Perfons, perhaps a Man and 
 his Wife, feem to have been buried here, 
 becaufe there is a little Riling at the End 
 for their Heads. — This Sepulchre is ador- 
 ned with two whole Length Figures of 
 Castor and Pollux, at the two Ends. 
 Sakini, Tab. g. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Tomb is one of the 
 Labours of Hercules. He is reprefented 
 as turning the River Achelons, which is fi- 
 gured as an old Man; his Thighs end in 
 Snakes, to fignify the Winding of the River. 
 This Story, wrapt up in a poetical Fig- 
 ment, might be this : Achelous was a 
 winding River, whole Stream was fo rapid 
 that it overflowed its Banks, and flooded 
 the Country. Hercules retrained it within 
 two Channels, that is, broke off its Horns, 
 and thereby reftored Fertility to the Coun- 
 try. 
 
 The Bufto of Pompey the Great. 
 
 The Bufto of Brutus Senior. 
 
 C 3 The 
 
22 A Defcrif.tio?i of the Curiofities 
 
 The Statue of Livia, Wife of Augufius, 
 bigger than the Life, fitting in a Chair -, 
 one Hand refting on a Patera, to (hew that 
 fhe was honoured as Pietas, in which Cha- 
 racter fhe is alfo feen on a Medal : The 
 Drapery very natural. 
 
 The Statue of Cupid, when a Man, 
 breaking his Bow after he had married 
 
 Pfycbe. 
 
 Apuleius, after giving an elegant Rela- 
 tion of the Loves of Cupid and Pfyche, 
 concludes with this Account of their Mar- 
 riage. 
 
 " Immediately the nuptial Supper was 
 prepared. Cupid reclined on the highefr. 
 Couch, and embraced Pfyche in his Bofom ; 
 the reft of the Gods feated themfelves in Or- 
 der. Ganymede, Jove's Cup-Bearer, fupplied 
 them with celeftial Nectar, as did Bacchus ; 
 Vulcan was Cook ; The Hours ftrewed Ro- 
 fes and Flowers ; the Graces fprinkled the 
 moft odoriferous Balfams ; the Mufes 
 played on their various Inftruments ; Apollo 
 fang to his Lyre \ beauteous Venus danced, 
 
 and 
 
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 and the Woodland Deities joined in the 
 Chorus. In this Manner was the Marriage 
 of Cupid and Pfyche celebrated ; from 
 which in due Time, fprang a Daughter, 
 whom the Mortals call Pleqfure" 
 
 By Ckomenes. 
 
 Faustina, Wife of Antoninus Pius, 
 larger than the Life : The Drapery very 
 natural. 
 
 
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24 -4- Defcription\of the Curiofities 
 
 
 THE 
 
 Alto and Bassq Relievos 
 In the GREAT HALL, 
 
 Begin with the uppermoji on the Left- Hand. 
 
 A 
 
 Baflb Relievo. Apollo and Diana 
 deftroying Niobe's Children, by mooting 
 Arrows at them. It is faid that the Fable 
 of Niobe denoted the annual Inundation of 
 Egypt. The Affront ihe offered to La- 
 tona, was a Symbol to mew the Neceffity 
 ihe laid the Egyptians under of retreating to 
 the higher Grounds. The fourteen Chil- 
 dren of Niobe, are the fourteen Cubits that 
 marked the Increafe of the Nile. Apollo 
 and Diana killing them with their Arrows, 
 reprefcnt Labour and Induftry, with the 
 Affiftance of the Sun's warm Influence, 
 
 oyer- 
 
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 overcoming thofe Difficulties after the Re- 
 treat of the Flood. There are twelve Fi- 
 gures, befides Apollo and Diana, and fix 
 Horfes ; very fmall neat Work. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Two Cupids ; one 
 looks angry at the other, whofe Bow he 
 has broke, which makes the other whimper. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. The Ornament of a 
 Pedeftal belonging to a Victor ; it repre- 
 fents very particularly fome of the antient 
 Greek Games. Here are feveral peculiar 
 Circumftances : Neptune, as the Judge, is 
 the only Figure fitting ; Saturn flands be- 
 hind ; at the End of the Relievo is a hand- 
 fome Piece of Architecture, fomething 
 higher than the Heads of the Perfons, and 
 is as a Portico to terminate the End of 
 their Running •, in it, are Mars and Fenus, 
 minding each other only -, over them, is a 
 Cupids who has in his Hand a peculiar 
 Light, not long as a Torch, but as a Lamp, 
 in the Palm of his Hand -, two young Men 
 are running, fuppofcd to have fet out from 
 the End where Neptune is, and one is al- 
 
26 A Defcriptlon of the Curiofities 
 
 moft got to the End terminated by the 
 Building; he has fuch a Light in his Hand 
 as Cupid has. Antiquaries fpeak of the 
 Exercife of running in this Manner with 
 a Light. The other young Man, who is 
 running after him, has an Oar in his 
 Hand of the antique Form. In the Middle 
 of the Place for the Exercifes, are two 
 ftrong made Men, with Beards ; they fhew 
 another Sort of Trial, not of Motion (as 
 the young Men) but of Strength ; one of 
 their Hands is tyed to the other's two 
 Hands ; in this it is fuppofed they took 
 Turns, to try which could pull the other 
 farther!: after him. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Curtius on Horfe- 
 back, leaping into the Earth, which opens 
 with a Flame of Fire : Of the fined Work, 
 by a Greek Sculptor. This illuftrious Ro- 
 man devoted his Life to the Service of his 
 Country. Livy relates, that the Earth o- 
 pened in the Forum, from whence irTued a 
 dreadful Flame ; the Gods were confulted, 
 and an Anfwer returned, that the Gulph 
 
 would 
 
In Wilton-House. 27 
 
 would not be clofed, nor the Fire extin- 
 guished, before fome Noblema 1 had thrown 
 himfelf into it ; Curtius, mounting his 
 Horfe in compleat Armour, leaped into it, 
 and thereby removed the Plague. In the 
 Villa Burgefe, at Rome, is a Marble ex- 
 actly fimiiar to this, which for Elegance 
 of Delign is greatly admired. The Cuftom 
 of devoting themfelves was practifed by the 
 Greeks, as appears by the Story of Codrus, 
 from whom the Romans might have adopted 
 it. The Deciiy Father, Son, and Grand- 
 fon, were prodigal of Life for the Prefer- 
 vation of their Country. Mutius Scavo/a, 
 having by Miflake killed one of the Nobles, 
 inftead of Porfenna, King of Tu/cany, burnt 
 off his right Hand in the King's Prefence, 
 without flinching. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Saturn, a fmall 
 one, but of mod beautiful Work ; it has 
 the Appearance of great Antiquity. The 
 Deity is reprefented with a Scythe, which 
 the Greeks fuppofed to be his Attribute, as 
 the God of Time - 9 and therefore called 
 
 him 
 
28 A Defcriptton of tbe Curiofities 
 
 him Xfowf. The Romans confidered it as a 
 Symbol of Hufbandry, pretending that he 
 introduced feveral Parts of Agriculture in 
 Italy, 
 
 An Alto Relievo. A Fauna dancing 
 a Child upon her Foot; of the antient red 
 'Egyptian Jafper. It is on a Ground of ori- 
 ental tranfparent white Alabafler, with a 
 Frame of antient Greek Marble. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Four Boys gathering 
 and eating Grapes: They are in various 
 Poftures. The Relief high and beautiful. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Endymion afleep, 
 and Diana (the Moon) coming down to 
 him. This Shepherd is fuppofed to be the 
 firit who obferved the various Phafes of the 
 Moon, and reduced them into Order ; 
 wherefore Poets feign that the Moon was 
 in Love with him, and caft him into a deep 
 Sleep that ihe might kifs him. Another 
 Account is given of this Fable : The Egyp- 
 tians, in the Feaft of the New Moon, in 
 which they celebrate the antient State of 
 
 Mankind* 
 
In Wilton-House. 29 
 
 Mankind, chofe a Grove, or fome retired 
 Grotto, where they placed an I/is, with her 
 Crefcent or Moon, and by her Side an 
 Horus afleep, to denote the Repofe and Se- 
 curity Mankind enjoyed in thofe Ages of 
 Simplicity. 
 
 A Greek Relievo of the very finer!: Work, 
 an oriental Alabafter. Eleven Figures, be- 
 fides a Dog. Thofe on the foremofl Ground 
 are in Alto Relievo. It is UfyJ/es, who is 
 gone into the Cave to Calypfo, where they 
 are kneeling round a Fire. The Cave (a 
 rnoft beautiful Ruin of Architecture !) has 
 a fine Frieze of Figures, feveral of which 
 are on Horfeback. The other Figures are 
 Ulyjfes's Attendants, and Spectators, foine 
 of whom are got upon the Ruins. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Saturn crowning 
 Arts and Sciences. This refers to the Gol- 
 den Age, in which he reigned, and Man- 
 kind emerged from their Barbarity by his 
 Means. 
 
 Is genus indocile , Ac difperfum montibus altis 
 Co?npofuit; lege/que dedit, 
 
 Virg. Mn. Lib. 8. L. 322. 
 
 An 
 
30 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 An ■ Alto Relievo. Jupiter holding 
 Bacchus to fuck Juno> as fhe lies afleep. 
 Bacchus was fabled to have been brought 
 up in Jove's Thigh -, but here we behold, 
 on this Relievo, a more probable Account 
 of that Tranfa&ion. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Britannicus. This 
 and Britannicus's JuJiia are of that which 
 is called the antient red Egyptian Ja'fper, 
 (Deafpro EgittoJ on a Ground of the an- 
 tient green Marble. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Venus, and Cupid 
 fucking. She is fitting under a large rich 
 Canopy. Mars is fitting by, in rich Ac- 
 coutrements. 
 
 A Relievo. Silenus drunk upon an 
 Afs, held on by two Figures ; a Boy is 
 leading the Afs, and blowing a Bull's Horn, 
 (likely the firffc Trumpet ;) another Boy is 
 fitting againfl a Tree, playing on a Pipe ; 
 another Boy has hold of the Afs's Tail ; at 
 fome Diftance Venus is laid down afleep, 
 Cupid has hold of fome Part of her Gar- 
 ment 
 
In Wilton-House. 31 
 
 ment to cover her therewith ; higher up is 
 a Boy gathering Apples from a Tree ; on 
 the back Ground is a Group of four Boys, 
 one of them is fitting and playing on a Pipe, 
 another is playing on a Timbrel, the other 
 two are dancing. 
 
 An Alto Relievo of BritannicusV 
 
 JUNIA. 
 
 A BafTo Relievo. An old Greek Mofaic 
 teffelated Work -, the Pieces of Marble of 
 various Colours, not only flat, but riling 
 as the Figures : It reprefents the Garden of 
 the Hefperides; in the Middle is the Tree 
 bearing the golden Apples, and the Dragon 
 to preferve them ; by it is a Rock, and 
 Hercules with his Head and Garment girt 
 with golden Fafces, at his Feet is his 
 Quiver, &c. on the other Side lies his Club. 
 Mg/e, Daughter of Hejperus, is in View ; 
 her Head adorned with Green ; cloathed 
 with a double Garment, the inward Green, 
 and the outward Red, folded and loofe to 
 her Feet ; In her left Hand {he holds a 
 Branch with golden Apples on it, She 
 
 mews 
 
32 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 (hews Beauty and Modefty, and he the 
 Majefty of a Hero, and Comelinefs of 
 Youth. This is very lingular; and it is 
 doubted whether there is any other Relievo 
 in Mofaic Work. 
 
 A Relievo of an old Man, like a Silenus; 
 he is filling a Bafket with Grapes. 
 
 The Head of Remitalces, King of 
 Thraciciy as big as the Life, in Porphyry, 
 
 An Alto Relievo from a Temple of 
 Bacchus. This Work appears to have 
 been made in the Ages of the beft Sculp- 
 ture; and it is very remarkable, that the 
 Thyrfus, or Scepter of Bacchus, has here 
 the Addition of Bunches of Grapes. There 
 is a Vine mooting up from the Bottom, 
 which is of the fineft Sculpture. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Venus riding on the 
 Sea, in a Shell drawn by two Dolphins, at- 
 tended by two Cupids', above, in the Clouds, 
 is her Chariot, with two Doves. 
 
 An 
 
DzWilton-House. 33 
 
 An Alto Relievo. The Three Graces ', 
 a Boy with Wings holding up a Feftoon. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. The Story of Cl^sliA. 
 The River Ty&er, and Romulus and Remus 
 playing with a Wolf on its Banks. This 
 celebrated Inftance of Female Fortitude is 
 thus mentioned by Valerius Maximus. At 
 the fame Time that Horatius Cockles bravely 
 defended the Sublician Bridge over the Ty- 
 ber againft the Hetrurians, Clelia, a Roman 
 Virgin, immortalized herfelf againft the 
 fame Enemy, and on the Tyber. Being 
 given up with others to Porfenna, as Hofta- 
 ges, efcaping the Guard under Covert of 
 the Night, {he mounted on Horfeback, 
 fwam acrofs the River, and by this bright 
 Inftance of heroic Virtue infpired her Coun- 
 trymen with fuch Courage, as freed them 
 from a Siege, and the fear of the Enemy. 
 There are thirteenWomen, and four Horfes. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Silenus drunk, held 
 on by a Man and Woman, upon an Ats ; 
 a Man leading the Afs. There are thirteen 
 Figures, befides the Afs and a Goat. 
 
 D An 
 
34 -A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Europa on the Bull -, 
 his Feet end in Fins. There are four other 
 Marine Deities aflifting at the Rape. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Galatea riding on 
 the Sea in a Shell, drawn by two Dolphins. 
 There are three other Figures. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Two Cupids, and 
 four other Boys, at Play. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. A Boy on a Sea-Horfe, 
 blowing a Concha, or Shell Trumpet. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Diana, with her 
 favourite Stag, and two Dogs afleep. 
 
 An Alto Relievo of eight Figures, be- 
 fides a Dog and a Goat. 
 
 An Alto Relievo, Ariadne and The- 
 seus. There are two other Figures, and 
 two Horfes. 
 
 A very antient Confular Chair, called 
 
 Sella Curulis5 the Back is in three 
 
 Parts ; 
 
In Wilton-House. 35 
 
 Parts -, the middle Part is in the Shape of a 
 Term ; on the Top is a Bifrons ; the Fa- 
 ces are of a young Man and a young Wo- 
 man, as the Genii of Rome -, there is an 
 Iron goes through the Shoulder Part of the 
 Term, which gradually Hopes down about 
 fix Inches, and is there fattened to the Tops 
 of the other two Parts, which are of Brafs, 
 (as is the Term alfo) ornamented with 
 Silver ; the two fore Legs are Iron ; the 
 Seat is thick old Board. 
 
 In the Gallery of this Hall, are five Suits 
 of Armour: That in the Middle was Wil- 
 liam Earl of Pembroke's, the other four, and 
 the Parts of five more Suits in the oppoiite 
 Parts of the Hall, were taken from the no- 
 ble Perfons, on the following Occafions. 
 This Earl, in the Reign of Queen Mary, 
 was Captain- General of the Englijh Forces, 
 at the Siege of St. ^uintin, in 1557 j at 
 which Siege were taken Prifoners, the Con- 
 ftable Montmorency ', Montheron his Son, with 
 the Dukes of Monpenfier and Longueville, 
 Lewis of Gonzaga, (afterwards Duke of 
 D 2 NeversJ 
 
36 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 NeversJ the Marfhal of St. Andre, Admiral 
 Co/igm, (who was afterwards murdered at 
 the Maffacre at Paris J and his Brother ; not 
 to mention John de Bourbon, Duke of 
 Anguien, who was found dead among the 
 Slain. Here are alfo fome of the Weapons 
 which were taken at the fame Time. 
 
 A Picture of the above-mentioned Earl 
 of Pembroke. 
 
 By Hans Holbein* 
 
 A Pidure of Capt. Bernard. 
 
 By J. E. Eccard. 
 
 At the Bottom of the Brown 
 Stair-Cafe. 
 
 A Colofs Statue of Hercules. His 
 Adtion is to ihew fome of his Labours ; he 
 looks with an Air of Satisfaction that he has 
 compaffed the taking of the golden Apples, 
 three of which he mews in one Hand. This 
 is not in a refting Pafture, as that of Far- 
 
 nefe. 
 
In Wilton-House. 37 
 
 nefe. It was judged to be very curious, 
 and executed by one of the beft Sculptors 
 of the oldeft Time. 
 
 Of the Tomb. 
 
 I fhall here tranfcribe the Account given 
 of it by Father Montfaucon, when it was in 
 the Pofleffipn of Mr. Foucault. 
 
 THE Monument that follows, is one of 
 the fineft and mod inftructive that has been 
 ever feen : The Excellence of the Work, 
 and Correctnefs of the Defign, would ea- 
 fily inform us it muft be a Piece of fome 
 Greek Artift, even though the Place where 
 it was nrft difcovered, did not. It was a 
 Tomb near Athens, and was difcovered by 
 fome Travellers, who brought it over into 
 France, and prefented it to Cardinal Rich- 
 lieu ; but the Cardinal dying in the mean 
 Time, it came into the Hands of one of 
 the Family of Rqfiaing, and from that 
 into Mr. Foucaulfs. 
 
 The Tomb is of white Marble, fix Feet 
 
 four Inches long, and two Feet broad, and 
 
 D 3 about 
 
38 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 about the fame Height, taking in the Cover, 
 whch is about two Inches and a half thick ; 
 the Cover is raifed about one Foot higher 
 before, and is adorned with fome Figures 
 in Bafs-Relief, which relate to the Hiftory 
 reprefented below, as we mall take Notice 
 of hereafter. The inner Superficies of the 
 Tomb is plain, with a Rifing of about one 
 Inch in the Place where the Head of the 
 Deceafed fhould reft. 
 
 This is the Epitaph. 
 
 2©IBlfl ANTMIABME?IA. EBHKE 
 
 That is, 
 
 To the Gods the Manes. Antonia Va- 
 leria hath made this Tomb for Aurelius 
 Epaphropitus her Hit/band. 
 
 M. de Bo%e, Secretary of the Academy 
 of Belles Lettres, a fkilful Antiquary, hath 
 given a very ingenious and learned Expli- 
 cation of this Monument j of which we 
 (hall here give an Abftract. 
 
 CERES, 
 
I» Wilton-House, 39 
 
 CERES, angry for the Rape of her 
 Daughter, (efpecially becaufe the Gods had 
 confented to it, refolved to lead a wandering 
 Life among Men, and for this Purpofe af- 
 fumed a human Shape. She came to the 
 Haven TLleufis, and fat herfelf down on a 
 Stone. Cekusy King of the JLleuJinians, per- 
 fuades her to come and lodge in his Houfe. 
 His Son, Triptokmusy then an Infant, was 
 fick, and for Want of Sleep, was reduced 
 to the laft Extremity. Ceres, at her Arri- 
 val, kiffed him, and by Virtue of that Kifs 
 only, reftored him to Health : Not content 
 with doing this, me takes Care of his Edu- 
 cation, and defigns to make him immortal ; 
 to this End me nourimed him by Day with 
 her own divine Milk, and by Night puts 
 him under hot Embers, in order to burn 
 away all that was terreftial in his Body. The 
 Infant grew fo faft, that his Father, and 
 Mother, Metanira, were curious to fee what 
 was done to the Child ; Metanira feeing 
 Ceres juft going to put the Child into the 
 Fire, cried out, and interrupted the God- 
 defs in her Defigns -, then {he declared who 
 D 4 ihe 
 
4© A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 fhe was, gave Triptolemus a Chariot drawn 
 by two Dragons, and fenthim through the 
 'odd to teach Mankind Agriculture, and 
 ;■■; hkn Corn for that Purpofe. The E- 
 kufinians, who were the firft that applied 
 themfelvc s to Agriculture, inftituted a Feaft 
 in Memory of it $ and the Goddefs herfelf 
 regulated the Ceremonies, and appointed 
 the four principal Men of the Town, 'Trip- 
 tolemus, Diodes, Eumclpus, and Celeus, to 
 prefide over them : and this Inflitution of 
 the Rites, called Eleufmia, is the Thing re- 
 prefented on the Tomb of Epaphroditus* 
 Ceres appears here fitting, and like an old 
 V/oman, but her Age takes nothing from 
 the Majefty proper for a Goddefs. Her 
 Head-Drefs ends in a Peek, fomething rai- 
 fed before ; and half her Head is covered 
 with a Veil, the ufual Drefs of the God- 
 defTes and EmprelTes. The Stone, on which 
 {he fits, reprefents that on which Celeus 
 found her fitting, and oppreffed with Grief. 
 The Serpent is frequently pictured with 
 Ceres ; the Goddefs holds a crooked Staff 
 in her Hand, that is a Scepter, and which 
 
 we 
 
 
In Wilton-House. 41 
 
 we find reprefented longer, and more ftrait, 
 in other antient Monuments. The four 
 Perfons about Ceres, are Celeus and his Fa- 
 mily. He appears at a Diftance from the 
 Goddefs, but his Daughter nearer y Meta- 
 nira is there too ; they both have Ears of 
 Corn in their Hand, becaufe they were the 
 firft acquainted that {he was a Goddefs, 
 
 Triptolemus is mounted in his Chariot, 
 with a Cloak or Pallium over his Shoulder, 
 rather to hold the Corn he is going to fow, 
 than to cover himfelf : the Chariot is 
 drawn by two Dragons a-breaft. Beyond 
 Triptolemus's Chariot, two Women are pic- 
 tur'd with Torches in their Hands, fuch as 
 were ufeful for the Women to bear at the 
 Ceremonies of this Goddefs. The Man 
 between thefe two Women is Eumolpus, one 
 of the Perfons appointed by Ceres to pre- 
 fide at her Myfteries, and in whofe Family 
 the Priefthood continued for twelve hun- 
 dred Years. The Hierophontce, of this Fa- 
 mily of the Eumolpidce, were obliged to 
 Celibacy. Eumolpus leans one Hand on 
 one of the Women's Shoulders, and the o- 
 
 ther 
 
42 A Description of the Cur lofities 
 
 ther Hand on the other Woman's Shoulder. 
 The Child, holding Ears of Corn in his 
 Hand, denotes that Ceres' $ Gifts are of e- 
 very Age, and that even Children were ini- 
 tiated into her Myfteries. The Woman, 
 laft in this Piece, holds a Sickle in her 
 Hand, an Instrument the Pagans believed 
 they owed to Ceres, as alfo all others ufeful 
 in Agriculture. 
 
 This is all the Goddefs's Company on 
 one Side > but behind her, there are other 
 Figures. Bacchus, the firft of them, leans 
 negligently on Ceres's Shoulder, and touches 
 a Vine full of Grapes with his other Hand; 
 the Crown of Vine Leaves, which he wears, 
 leaves us no Room to doubt that it is "Bac- 
 chus -, Ceres and Bacchus are fo frequently 
 joined together in the Myfteries, as well a- 
 mong the Romans, as the Greeks and Sici- 
 lians y that it is not at all ftrange to meet 
 them together in this Monument. On the 
 Side of Bacchus a Man frauds with his Hair 
 in a Knot upon his Forehead, and his Ha- 
 bit tied up twice with his Girdle; holding 
 
 a Whip 
 
In Wilton-House. 43 
 
 a Whip in one Hand, and with his other 
 feizing the Reins of Horfes in a Chariot, 
 in order to flop them. It is probable this is 
 Diodes, one of the four that Ceres had ap- 
 pointed to prefide at her Feafts ; and what 
 further fupports the Conjecture, is, that 
 Homer, when he names thefe four Perfons 
 in a Hymn, calls Diodes the Guider of the 
 Horfes. Befides, fince we have feen Celeus, 
 Eumolpus, and Triptoiemus, three of thefe 
 four Perfons in the Company, can we think 
 Diodes, would be omitted ? The Figure 
 that drives the Chariot, is Proferpine or 
 Diana, the Moon, according to Mytholo- 
 gies, and who is frequently called by the 
 Poets Triple Hecate, with Reference to the 
 different offices fhe performs under different 
 Names in Heaven, in Hell, and on Earth. 
 It may be proved, by fufficient Authorities, 
 that Proferpine partook of the Myfteries of 
 her Mother Ceres, The Bacchanalian under 
 the Chariot of Proferpine hath laid herfelf 
 there, tired with long dancing, as was u* 
 fual in all Gredan Rites and Myfteries. 
 
 This 
 
44 d Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 This is the Explanation of the principal 
 Face of the Tomb. We come now to that 
 of the Cover or Lid, which exhibits the 
 four Seafons of the Year, reprefented by a 
 like Number of Women y the Diveriity of 
 their Crowns and Habits, and the different 
 Fruits they hold, together with the Chil- 
 dren or Genii with them, do accurately ex- 
 prefs the Variety of the Seafons. The Ar- 
 tifl hath not placed the Figures in the ordi- 
 nary Situation, but in an Order that makes 
 a fine Contrail in the whole, and gives more 
 Force and Spirit to the Composition. Sum- 
 mer, and Winter Seafons, oppolite to each 
 other, are reprefented by two Figures, one 
 at each Extremity; the one lying down, 
 leaning from the Right towards the Left; 
 the other from the Left towards the Right ; 
 and between both of thefe, the Spring and 
 the Autumn are placed, as partaking equally 
 of both thofe Seafons. The four Genii are 
 placed in the lame Order. The Summer is 
 pi&ured at one Extremity, lying down, 
 leaning from the Right towards the Left, 
 half naked, crowned with Ears of Corn, 
 
 and 
 
In Wilton-House. 45 
 
 and touching others, which are tied up to- 
 gether in the Cornucopia. The Genius by 
 her, touches the fame, and holds befides 
 a Reaping Hook in his Hand, denoting the 
 Seafon of Harveft. 
 
 The Winter, at the other Extremity, lies 
 down, leaning from the Left towards the 
 Right, in the Figure of a Woman cloathed 
 well, and her Head covered with Part of 
 her Robe ; {he ftretches out her Hand o- 
 ver fome other Fruits. The Genius before 
 her hath no Wings, feems to be cloathed 
 warm, and holds a Hare, becaufe Hunt- 
 ing is the only Exercife of the Field in this 
 Seafon. 
 
 Autumn turns towards the Summer, is 
 crowned with Vine-Twifts and Bunches of 
 Grapes ; me touches the Vine-Leaves with 
 one Hand, and her little Genius places 
 Grapes in her Cornucopia. 
 
 Laftly, that Part of her Body which is 
 next the Summer is naked, and that next; 
 the Winter cloathed. 
 
 The 
 
46 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 The Spring, with her Back joined to Au- 
 tumn, is reprefented in the Figure of a 
 Woman crowned with Flowers, with her 
 Cornucopia, which a Genius holds, filled 
 with the fame. Her Foot, which fhe ex- 
 tends towards Winter, hath a Covering on, 
 and that Part of her Breaft only is naked 
 which is turned towards the Summer. 
 
 The Torch, which is pictured on both 
 the fmall Sides of the Tomb, is fo frequently 
 reprefented in Funeral Monuments, that it 
 is fufficient to convince us they were as 
 much in Ufe at the Funerals of thofe Times, 
 as they are in thefe of the prefent Age. 
 The Two Griffins and the Tripos are the 
 Symbols of Apollo, whofe Head is pictured 
 at each End of the Tomb, denoting him to 
 be the Tutelar God of Epaphroditus.. 
 
 There ftands upon this Tomb, a Colofs 
 Buft of Alexander the Great, of the 
 beft Greek Sculpture ; Medufas Head is on 
 the Breaft-Plate, and a Lion's Face appears 
 on the Helmet, which has a particular 
 Creft on it. 
 
 Under 
 
In Wilton-House. 47 
 
 Under the Tomb loft mentioned. 
 A little Statue of a crouched Bacchus. 
 
 A fmall Tomb, fuppofed for Children : 
 There are two Cupids on the Front, fup- 
 porting a Circle which projects ; under the 
 Circle are two Bafkets, lying Side-ways, 
 with Fruit in them ; a Lion at each Baf- 
 ket, as going to devour the Fruit : At the 
 Ends of the Front are alfo two Cupids ; 
 they look very forrowful, with one Hand 
 upon their Bread, the other Hand holding 
 a Torch, with the lighted End downward. 
 There is a Griffin at each End of the Tomb ; 
 a Statue of Cupid lying afleep upon the 
 forefaid Tomb ; another Cupid looking on 
 him. 
 
 In the two Windows of the Stair-Cafe 
 painted by Reifchoot, and in four 
 Niches, (one on each Side of the 
 Windows) are Six Statues. 
 
 In the jirjl Window is, 
 
 The Statue of Mercury, with all his 
 Symbols ; his Petafus, or winged Cap ; the 
 
 Talaria, 
 
48 A Description of the CuridfitieS 
 
 Talaria, or Wings to his Feet ; his Wand, 
 with his two Serpents about it, which they 
 call his Caduceus ; and a Purfe in his Hand. 
 Thefe Attributes denote his Employment, 
 that of MefTenger of Jupiter, and the 
 greater Deities. His Cap is the fame which 
 the Servants of old wore : the Wings to 
 it might be taken off; and from Plautus's 
 Amphitryon we learn, that fometimes there 
 were only two Feathers ftuck in it. The 
 Roman MefTengers generally fluck a Feather 
 in their Caps, and often in the Letter itfelf, 
 as mav be obferved from the fourth Satire 
 of Juvenal. On Gems, we frequently fee 
 his Chlamys floating behind him in the Air. 
 By the flying back of the Drapery, the Ar- 
 tifls mark the Motion of a Perfon going on 
 fwiftly. 
 
 In the Niche on your Left-Hand. 
 
 Saturn, with a Child fmiling on his 
 Hands, as it looks up at him -, not as fome, 
 (efpecially of the Moderns) who have made 
 a cruel Spectacle, by reprefenting him as 
 actually eating the Child. This Fiction, 
 
 according 
 
In Wuton-House. 49 
 
 according to Le ClerCi in his Remarks on 
 Hejiod, was founded upon a Cuitom Saturn 
 had of banifhing or confining his Children, 
 for fear they mould one Day rebel againft 
 him. The Stone, which he is faid to fw al- 
 low, was founded on the double Meaning 
 of the Word Aben or Eben, which in the 
 Phenician Language fignifies both a Stone 
 and a Child ; and only means that Saturn 
 was deceived by Rhea's fubftituting another 
 Child in the Place of Jupiter, 
 
 In the Niche on your Right- Hand. 
 
 The Statue of Jupiter Ammon, from 
 Thrace, not only with Ram's Horns, but 
 with a Ram on his Shoulders j it came out 
 of the Temple, faid to be built there by 
 Sefqftris. The prefent Bimop of Gkcejier 
 has proved the very remote Antiquity of 
 Egypt, and that Civilization was thoroughly 
 eftablifhed there fo early as the Days of 
 Abraham, Neverthelefs, their Wifdom and 
 great Improvements in every Art and Sci- 
 ence, did not prevent their lapfing into the 
 E grorTeft 
 
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 groiTeft Idolatry 5 they adored the vileft A- 
 nimals with an Excefs of Superftition, As 
 Greece was peopled from thence by three 
 Colonies, led at different Times by Cecrops, 
 Cadmus^ and Danaus, Co they introduced 
 the religious Sentiments of their Country, 
 and among others the Adoration of Jupiter 
 Amman, who is here reprefented with Ram's 
 Horns, and a Ram on his Shoulders, which 
 Animal was worshipped by the Egyptians, 
 and by them made one of the Signs of the 
 Zodiac. 
 
 In the other Window, 
 
 The Statue of Bacchus, clad with an 
 entire Skin, the Head of which appears on 
 the Breafr. ; his Sandal is fixed in a Manner 
 differing from others. 
 
 In the Niche on your Left-Hand* 
 
 A Shepherd playing on the Flute, ad- 
 mired for the Action of his Fingers -, a Goat 
 Handing by him. 
 
 " j In 
 
In Wilton-House. 51 J 
 
 In the other Niche* 
 
 The Fofter Father of Paris, with the 
 Phrygian Bonnet and Shepherd's Coat of 
 Skins. 
 
 
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 PASSAGE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 White Marble-Table Room. 
 
 Begin on your Left -Hand, 
 
 I HE Bufto of Ptolemy, Brother of 
 
 Cleopatra, 
 
 The Statue of Marcus Antonius, the 
 Orator, very much admired. His right 
 Arm is bare, as antiently was ufual with 
 the Roman Pleaders. The Drapery of his 
 Cloathing is well difpofed and executed, 
 and the Air of his Countenance has all that 
 Livelinefs which is attributed to him by 
 antient Writers. 
 
 The Statue of a Boy holding up the gol- 
 den Apple in his right Hand. 
 
 The 
 
/k Wilton-House^ 53 
 
 The Statue of Clio, the Mufe. She 
 holds a Roll, as prefiding over Hiftory. 
 
 The Bufto of Phocian, the famous 
 Athenian General. 
 
 The Bufto of Dollabella. 
 
 The Father of Julius C^sar, when 
 Governor in Egypt. 
 
 Hercules killing the Serpents, which 
 were fent to deftroy him in his Cradle. 
 Artifts have fhewn great Fancy in the va- 
 rious Ways of reprefenting this Story, 
 Sometimes the young Hero has a Smile on 
 his Face, as if pleafed with the Colour and 
 Motion of the Serpents j and fometimes 
 the Steadinefs and ftrong Gripe of the In- 
 fant are expreffed, as here. 
 
 Assinius Pollio. This Bufto has a 
 very elegant turn of the Neck, with ftrong 
 Expreflion of theMufcles. 
 
 The Bufto of Coriolanus, 
 
 E 3 On 
 
54 -A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 On a PedeJlaL 
 
 A young Bacchus fmiling, and Grapes 
 growing up a Tree. 
 
 The Statue of Adonis : He was an Idol 
 of Syria, and the fame as Thammuz -, the 
 Lamentation of whom is condemned by the 
 Prophet EzekieL He is reprefented as a 
 very beautiful Youth, and is faid to have 
 made Gardens pleafant by pruning. Here 
 he has a pruning Knife j hence the Proverb, 
 Adonidi Horti. 
 
 Over the Doors, 
 
 The Buflo of the Emperor Nerva. 
 
 The Bufto of Griphina, Daughter of 
 Ptolemy Evergetes, 
 
 
 STATUES 
 
In W I L T O N - H O U S E. $$ 
 
 
 STATUES and BUSTOS 
 
 IN THE 
 
 White Marble-Table Room. 
 
 . In the Window, 
 
 X HE Statue of Isis : She has the 
 Flower of the Lotus on her Head ; is in a 
 Pofition bending, and her Legs and Arms 
 appear round ; not as commonly in Egyp~ 
 tian Statues, which are ftrait and formal, 
 mewing only the Feet. This was reckoned 
 the oldeft, and by the Mazarine Catalogue 
 the only one known with that Improvement. 
 It is a Group *, holding betwixt her Knees, 
 OJiris her Hufband, in a Coffin open, in 
 oneofwhofe Hands is a paftoral Staff j this 
 was the antient fatherly Scepter, and anfwers 
 to the Crofier with the Clergy. In the o- 
 E 4 ther 
 
56 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 ther Hand he has an Inftrument of Dis- 
 cipline, like a Whip, the Symbols of Power 
 to protect and punifh. On his Head is the 
 antient Diadem, or Mitre, being Triple, 
 yet not as the Pope's Crown, but rather 
 like the Mitre of Bifhops, only with three 
 Points inllead of two at the Top. — Orus, 
 her Son, is about her Neck. Thefe were 
 the moft antient Divinities. There are nu- 
 merous Hieroglyphicks round the Bottom, 
 and behind the Statue, which at any Time 
 may be taken off, by applying to them ftiff 
 Paper moiftened, and preffed with a Bod- 
 kin. One Mr. Pidleine, my Lord informs 
 us, was the firft who pra&ifed this Manner 
 at Rome, and from him the celebrated An- 
 tiquary, Fabretti, learned it. The latter 
 took off a Port-Folio of Hetrufcan Infcrip- 
 tions, which he made a prefent of to our 
 Royal Society. The Statue is of Theban 
 Iron Stone; fo called, becaufe of the Co- 
 lour. It is heavier and harder than Marble, 
 
 Over the Doors, 
 The Bufto of Hesiod. 
 ^he Buflo of Ph^dra. 
 
 A 
 
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 A white Marble Table, ten Feet and 
 eight Inches long, four Feet and fix Inches 
 wide, four Inches thick.— On it is a dying 
 Gladiator. 
 
 By Verepoll, 
 
 A large Alto Relievo of a Veftal Virgin, 
 engraved in Montfaacon, 
 
 The following Infcription is on the Relief. 
 
 Vestje Sacrum. 
 
 c. pupius flrminus et 
 
 mudasena trophime 
 
 Iani Parthici 
 
 Divi NERV-ffi. Pronep. 
 
 T. Aelio Hadriano. 
 
 Antonino. Aug. Pio. 
 
 Pont; Max. Trib. Potest. VII. 
 
 Imp. II. Cos. II. P. P. 
 
 She holds in her right Hand a Simpu- 
 lum ; in her left a Spear. Her Head is not 
 veiled, as in fome Coins. The Simpulum 
 is the Mark of her Priefthood. 
 
 Pictures 
 
58 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Figures in the fame Room. 
 
 Begin with that next the Window on your 
 Right -Hand. 
 
 Sir Charles Hotham. 
 
 By Richardson, 
 
 Barbara, Coimtefs of Pembroke, fe- 
 cond Wife to Earl Thomas, with her Daugh- 
 ter Lady Bab. Herbert, afterwards married 
 to Mr. North. 
 
 The late Duke of Montague. 
 
 By Dabh 
 
 Lady Rockingham. 
 
 By Sir Peter Lely. 
 
 Four of the Royal Family. 
 
 By Zimmen. 
 
 Mary, Countefs of Pembroke, laft 
 Wife to Earl Thomas. 
 
 By jfervife, 
 
 NEW 
 
In Wilton-House. $g 
 
 NEW DINING-ROOM. 
 
 Begin the Figures with that oppqfite the Door 
 as you enter, from Top to Bottom, on your 
 Left-Hand. 
 
 X\ Friar and Nun. 
 
 2. By Aldegraaf 
 
 A Nativity. 
 
 3. By Triga. 
 
 The late Duke of Marlborough. 
 
 By Reynolds. 
 
 A Fruit Piece. 
 
 By Mich. Angelo Carravaggio. 
 
 A Landskip. 
 
 By Zuccarelli, 
 
 Jupiter, Cupid, and Psyche. 
 
 3, By Giufeppe Arigoni. 
 
 A 
 
60 A Defcription of the CuriofitieS 
 
 A Drawing of the late Lord and Lady 
 Pembroke. 
 
 By Reynolds. 
 
 « 
 A Copy of Mich. Angetis Bacchus, in 
 
 the Florentine Gallery. A Compofition, 
 
 call'd Scaliola. 
 
 By Goru 
 
 A Landskip, 
 
 By E. Wilfon. 
 
 Three of Diana's Nymphs bathing, 
 
 Affceon looking at them. 
 
 5. By Giufeppe del Sole* 
 
 Commodore Hervey. 
 
 By Reynolds, 
 
 A Boy gathering Fruit. 
 2. By Mich, Angelo Pacci di Campi Doglio, 
 
 A Flower Piece. 
 
 By Mrs. Cerjat. 
 
 Our Saviour in the Temple. 
 
 By Salviati, 
 An 
 
In Wilton-House, 6i 
 
 An old Woman reading. 
 
 3. By Rembrandt* 
 
 A Herdfman and Cattle, big as the Life. 
 2. By Rofa di Tivoli. 
 
 A Landskip. 
 
 By Vernet, 
 
 A Winter Piece. 
 
 4. By Jans. Brugel Velvet, 
 
 A Landskip, with Hagar> IJhmael, and 
 the Angel. 
 
 3. By Nich. and Gafpar PouJJin. 
 
 Two whole Lengths of the Kings of 
 France^ Francis II. and Charles IX. 
 
 By Fred, Zucchero. 
 
 Fifh, and an old Woman feeding her 
 
 Cat. 
 
 4, By Snyder. 
 
 A Carpet, and Boar's Head. 
 
 2. By Maltefe. 
 A 
 
6z A Defcrlptlon of the Curiofities 
 
 A Winter Piece. 
 
 4. By Mumper and Brugel. 
 
 A Fair. 
 
 3 . By Jans. Brugel Velvet* 
 
 Christ in the Virgin's Arms; three 
 Angels looking on. 
 
 3. By Carlo Marat ti. 
 
 Three Children of King Henry VII. 
 Arthur, Prince of Wales-, Henry, about 
 three Years old, who was afterwards King 
 Henry VIII. and Margaret, who married 
 the King of Scotland. 
 
 4. By Hans Holbein, the Father. 
 
 A Country Boy, as big as Life, with a 
 Bird's Neft in his hand; at a Diftance a 
 Cow bemoaning her Calf. 
 
 4. By Ant. Amorofi, 
 
 Cupid, giving a Boy fome Fruit and 
 
 Flowers. 
 
 By Car. di Fioru 
 
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 A Flower Piece. 
 
 By Mrs. Cerjat. 
 
 The Duke of Epernon on Horfeback. 
 
 By Vandyke. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Woodroffe. 
 
 By Hoare, of Bath. 
 
 Bacchus, on an Altar in the Wood; 
 many Figures about it, celebrating his 
 Mifteries, and fhewing great Spirit in dif- 
 ferent Poftures. The Light darts through 
 the Wood in a pleafing Manner. 
 
 I . By Sahator Rofa. 
 
 The late Sir Andrew Fountaine. 
 
 By Hoare, of Bath. 
 
 The Virgin and our Saviour ; Jofepb 
 
 2. By GuercitiQo 
 
 looking on. 
 
 Bacchus and Ariadne. 
 
 By Fran. Mo/as. 
 
 Nymphs dancing, and differently em- 
 ployed. 
 
 By Watteux. 
 
 Thirty 
 
64 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Thirty of the chief Reformers ; their 
 Names are on a ftone in the Bottom of the 
 Landikip. Wickliff is fuppofed to be the 
 Preacher; the Bimops are in Purple, the 
 Priefts in Black, and the Martyrs in White, 
 diftinguifhed by Purple and Black about 
 their Necks. 
 
 By a Difciple of Car. Maratti. 
 
 Over the Glajfes. 
 
 The Bufto of Curius Dentatus. 
 
 The Bufto of Otho ; very rare 5 the firft 
 who wore a Peruke. 
 
 On the Chimney Piece. 
 
 The Bufto of Thomas Earl of Pem- 
 broke, who collected all thefe Antiques. 
 
 The Bufto of Lord Verulam. 
 The Bufto of Sir Isaac Newton. 
 Two Red Egyptian Granate Tables. 
 
 F. I. 
 L ° ng ' 4 "leach 
 
 wide, 3 7 r ach - 
 
 THE 
 
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 The CHAPEL-ROOM* 
 
 Begin with a Table on your Right- Hand} 
 
 c 
 
 lALLED Lumacbelld, from its being a 
 Petrifaction of Shells, which belonged to a 
 Temple, and was for the facrifking of lefTer 
 Animals, as Birds, &c. That the Blood 
 might not run over the Edges, it has a re- 
 markable Channel, big enough to lay one's 
 Finger in $ round the outermoft Edge of 
 the four Sides of the Flat next the Mould- 
 ing, and in the Middle of one of the Chan- 
 nels, is a Hole for the Blood to run through. 
 
 Upon the foregoing Table, is a Bufto of 
 
 ISOCRATES. 
 
 The Bufto of Titus Livius* 
 
 A very fine Greek Statue of a River, re- 
 
 prefented by a beautiful Naid (or River 
 
 F Nymph) 
 
66 A Defer iption of tJye Curiofities 
 
 Nymph) fleeping on the Bank, with a gen- 
 teel Turn of her Body, the Linen covering 
 her very decently. This is probably the 
 River called in Scripture the River of Egypt, 
 tran dated in the Septuagint Rbinocolura, and 
 is the Boundary between Egypt and Palef- 
 tine. In the Front a Bird holds a Lizard 
 by the Tail : It has a Tuft of Feathers on 
 its Head, and is like a fmall fpeckled Bird 
 in Egypt, almoftas large as a Dove, which 
 is called Ter Cbaous, i. e. the MefTenger 
 Bird ; it fpreads the Tuft of Feathers on 
 its Head very beautifully, when it alights 
 on the Ground. Another Lizard is going 
 away, and a Snail is near it, exaclly like the 
 Snail of Paleftine. A Bird, like a Duck, 
 has a Serpent in its Mouth. 
 
 An Equefhian Statue of Marcus Au- 
 relius, made at Athens, and fo efteemed, 
 that the Sculptor was fent for to Rome to 
 make that which is there in Copper, as big 
 as the Life— The Perfcn is in the fame 
 Pofture, but this has a Macedonian Horfe, 
 fmall, and of Marble : To prevent the 
 
 breaking, 
 
In Wilton-House. 67 
 
 breaking, Cardinal Mazarine had one Side 
 cemented to a Marble which comes out at 
 the Bottom, fquared as a Pavement, on 
 which the Horfe is as walking. 
 
 This ftands upon a Porphyry Table, with 
 a Border round it, of the antient yellow 
 Marble (Giallo Antivo) and alio of the ari- 
 tient Green (Verde antico.) 
 
 A Figure recumbent, leaning on a Sea- 
 Dog, and reprefenting the River Meander. 
 
 The Bufto of Anacharsis, a Scythian 
 Philofopher, who came to Athens, where 
 he was greatly efteemed. The Head of 
 this Bufto is bald, as Hiftorians fay the 
 Scvthians were. 
 
 The Bufto of Seneca. 
 The Bufto of Socrates* 
 
 In the Firji Window. 
 
 A fquare Altar j Each of the four Sides 
 
 has a Divinity ; Jupiter, Mars, Diana, and 
 
 F 2 Juno. 
 
68 A Befcriptwi of the Curiofities 
 
 Juno, This was one of thofe Altars for a 
 private Room, which they ufed to have in 
 their Houfes, in order to facrifice to fuch 
 Deities as they made their Lares, and Pe- 
 nates. 
 
 The Bufto of Martin Folkes, Efq. 
 of Hittington, in Norfolk, and Prefident of 
 the Royal Society in the Year 1749. 
 
 By Roubiliac* 
 
 The Bufto of Aristophanes. 
 
 The Bufto of Sir Andrew Fountain. 
 
 By Roubiliac. 
 
 hi the Seco?id Window* 
 
 An antient Greek triangular Altar, dedi- 
 cated to Bacchus-, on one Side, Silenus 
 holds a Torch inverted in his right Hand, 
 and in his left a Canifter full of Fruit; on 
 another Side is an Attendant of Bacchus, 
 dancing, with one Foot up, and a Thyr- 
 fus in his right Hand - ? in his left, a Bowl ; 
 
 and 
 
In Wilton-House. 69 
 
 and the Skin of a Beaft on his Arm : On 
 the other Side is a Bacchus, dancing, in a 
 long thin Garment. 
 
 The Bufto of Plato; of great Anti- 
 quity, and mofl reverend Afpect. 
 
 TheBuflo of Homer. 
 The Bufto of Aristotle. 
 The Bufto of Anacreon. 
 
 On a Table of antique Oriental Ala- 
 baft er (Alabaftro Orientale) of one 
 folid Piece, of great Value. 
 
 A Group : Cupid and Ganymede. — 
 Ganymede is fitting, and refting againft the 
 Stump of a Laurel -, the Leaves fhew that 
 it is an Alexandrian Laurel ; the fame as 
 we fee on antient Medals -, not the ftift, 
 large leaved Laurel, which adorns modern 
 Kings in their Coins, from a Miftake of 
 what the Antients ufed. It is rare to fee 
 the diftincl: Form of feven Pipes, as here 
 F 3 ex- 
 
jo A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 exprefTed. Cupid is very attentively look- 
 ing on, and reaching bis Hand out towards 
 the Pipes, as if to inftruct Ganymede how 
 to play. 
 
 PICTURES in this Room. 
 
 Begin on your Left-Hand. 
 
 ^Uildings Perfpective, and Figures, 
 By Sabas and Marco Ricci. 
 
 An old Woman teaching School. 
 
 By OJlade. 
 
 A Multitude of Figures at a Fair. 
 
 By Cajleels. 
 
 Venus leading Cupid and the Graces to 
 fee Vulcan and others forging Arrows Heads 
 for Cupid, 
 
 By Alex. Turco Venoreffe. 
 
In Wilton-House. 71 
 
 A Drawing of a young Woman. 
 
 By Ludovico Caracci. 
 
 A Drawing of St. Andrew going to the 
 Crofs. 
 
 By Guido Rheni. 
 
 A Saint, 
 
 By Carlo DokL 
 
 A Drawing of the Molten Calf, with 
 a Number of Figures. 
 
 By Tintoretto* 
 
 A Drawing of St. Stephen ftonecL 
 
 By Barocci. 
 
 Leo the Xth. 
 
 A favourite Dog. 
 
 Lord Cromwell. 
 
 F4 
 
 By Raphael, 
 
 By Wootton, 
 
 By Holbein. 
 Views 
 
JZ A Description of the Curiofities 
 
 Views of Lincoln's-Inn, and Covent- 
 Garpen. 
 
 By Scot. 
 
 Vandyke's Picture. 
 
 By Himfelf 
 
 Over the Doors, 
 
 The Buftp of Sijlpitia, thePoetefs* 
 me wrote a Satyr on Domitiaris banifhing 
 the Philofophers from Ron?e» 
 
 The Bufto of Libert as. 
 The Bufto of Domitia. 
 
 On the Window in the Chapel are 
 painted^ 
 
 William, Earl of Pembroke, and 
 his two Sons, Henry and Edward, Henry, 
 the eldeft, who fucceeded his Father, mar- 
 ried Mary, Sifter to Sir Philip Sidney, by 
 
 whom 
 
In Wilton-House. 73 
 
 whom he had two Sons, William and Philip ; 
 William, in the Reign of King Charles the 
 Firft, was Lord Steward; Philip fucceeded 
 him in the Earldom, and was Lord Cham- 
 berlain to King Charles the Firft ; Edward, 
 the youngeft, was Anceftor of the Powis 
 Family. In another Pannel is the Countefs 
 of Pembroke, who was Ann Parr, Sifter to 
 Queen Catherine^ the laft Wife to King 
 Henry VIII. There is with her, their 
 Daughter, whofe Name was Ann, married 
 to Francis, Earl of Shrew/bury. 
 
 Over the Door* 
 
 The Bufto of Libera, the Female Di* 
 vinity of Intemperence. 
 
 Over the Chimney-Piece. 
 
 Mary Fitzwilliam, Countefs of 
 Pembroke, 
 
 By Roubiliac. 
 
 When 
 
74 •£ Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 When you enter the South Front towards 
 the Garden, (which whole Front is a beau- 
 tiful Building of Inigo 'Jones) pafs through 
 the Cube-Room into the Hwiting-Room, the 
 laft Room at the weftern End of that Front. 
 
 
 THE 
 
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 THE 
 
 HUNTING-ROOM. 
 
 Begin with the Bujios on your Left - Hand, 
 
 XHE Bufto of Vibi us Voluti anus. 
 
 The Bufto of Anton ia, Wife of Dra- 
 fus, the Elder: The Linen of this Buft is 
 very natural. 
 
 The Bufto of Alexander Severus. 
 
 The Bufto of Berenice, the Mother j 
 her Hair in a particular Manner. 
 
 The Bufto of Berenice, the Daughter. 
 The Bufto of Julia, Daughter of Titus. 
 
 The Bufto of Anna Faustina, third 
 Wife of Heliogabalus ; very fine, like that 
 of Antonia. 
 
 In 
 
j 6 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 In a Niche over the Chimney \ 
 
 The Statue of Bacchus. Very fine an- 
 tient Sculpture, adorned in a particular Man- 
 ner with Poppies ; the Poppies hang as a 
 Belt from both Shoulders, as low as the 
 Knees. 
 
 The Buflo of Sappho, with the Bandage, 
 as deified, of the fineft Marble, like Ivory ; 
 the lafl Perfection of Greek Sculpture ; 
 white as at firft. making, becaufe (withfe- 
 veral here) found in a Vault. 
 
 The Buflo of Titus. 
 
 The Buflo of Faunus. 
 
 The Bufto of Jupiter. 
 
 The Buflo of Tullia. 
 
 On the Pannels of the Wainfcot are 
 painted eighteen different Sorts of Hunting, 
 
 By Tempefia, Junior. 
 BUSTOS 
 
In Wilton-House. 77 
 
 VVV\'VVVV^AA/VV\A^A/VVVVWVV' 
 JsJ \s v/ ••./ \/ \/ v ySA/ jiA/Wv \.-- v v V \r\AySf\f \ 
 
 BUSTOS and STATUES 
 
 IN THE 
 
 CUBE-ROOM. 
 
 £^/« w/V£ /fo Bujlos on your Left-Hand. 
 
 T, 
 
 HE Bufto of Massinissa, King of 
 Numidia; with the African Bonnet on his 
 Head, and the Head of Medufa, and the 
 upper Parts of two Dragons on his Breaft- 
 Plate : between the Dragons is a Plant, 
 probably the Silpbium, for which Numidta 
 was famous. 
 
 The Bufto of Aventinus, Son of Her- 
 cules ', the Head of a Lion's Skin making 
 the Covering for his Head, and the two 
 fore Paws tied in a Knot upon his right 
 Shoulder; an elegant Performance. The 
 Peculiarity of this Hero's Drefs, agrees 
 with the Defcription Virgil has- given of 
 
 him in the feventh Mneid; 
 
 Great 
 
78 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Great Aventinus, great Alcides' Son, 
 Wore the proud Trophy that his Father won. 
 He JlalJid before his Hoft, and wide defpread 
 A Lions Teeth grinnd horrid o'er his Head 6 , 
 Then fought the Palace in a firange Attire, 
 And looked as Jiern and dreadful as his Sire. 
 
 Pitt, B. 7. L. 838. 
 
 The Bufto of Trajan; the Head, Butt, 
 and Plinth, of Parian Marble, the Face 
 and Neck only polifhed. 
 
 The Bufto of Matidia, 
 
 The Bufto of Metellus, without a 
 Beard, by a very fine Greek Sculptor, all of 
 a Piece down to the Navel; the only one 
 which fhews the Ornament of a Chain, 
 which is of very rich Work. On his Breaft- 
 Plate is an Elephant, and a Laurel round the 
 outfideofit. The Confular Medal of Me- 
 tellus has likewife an Elephant on the Re- 
 verfe, but the Head of that is bearded, fup- 
 pofed to be a Divinity, with the Name only 
 of Metellus, The Elephant is added, in 
 Memory of the Victory he gained over Jii- 
 
 gurtha t 
 
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 gurtba, King of Numidia, upon which he 
 obliged him to deliver up all his Elephants 
 to the Romans. 
 
 The Bufto of Marcellus the younger. 
 
 On a Table of J 'a/per Agate, (Diafpro Agate) 
 which is very beautiful, are the three fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 A little Statue of Bacchus, with Grapes, 
 and with a Snake, the peculiar Symbol of 
 the Egyptian Bacchus, who invented Medi- 
 cine, and was faid to be the Sun and Apollo, 
 
 The Statue of Diana of Ephefus ; the 
 Head, Hands, and Feet, black, the reft 
 white Marble, as defcribed by Pliny -, pro- 
 bably of the fame Form as the Statue of 
 Diana of Ephefus, mentioned in the Adts 
 of the Apoftles. It is engraved in Mont- 
 faucon's firft Volume. In the Statues of 
 the Ephefan Diana, more Symbols are ob- 
 fervable in fome, than in others. They 
 exhibit Crabs, Oxen, or Bulls, Lions, 
 Griffins, Harts, Sphinxes, Infects, Bees, 
 
 Branches 
 
So A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Branches of Trees, Rofes, and fometlmes 
 human Figures, all united together. In 
 the Explication of thefe, there is a Diverfity 
 of Opinions among the Learned. Many 
 think, that under them is fhadowed, the 
 Nature of Things, the World itfelf, or that 
 generative Energy, which is the Parent of 
 every Thing earthly. The Infcriptions on 
 many of thefe Statues feem to imitate as 
 
 much. Diana of Epbefus may be con - 
 
 fidered as a Pantheon including the Symbols 
 of many Deities ; the Turret oh her Head 
 relates to Cybele, as alfo the Lions ; the 
 Fruits and Oxen to Ceres -, the Griffins to 
 Apollo -, the Harts to "Diana $ and the Can- 
 cer is a Sign of the Zodiac. 
 
 The Statue of an antient Prieft, with a 
 Phrygian Cap, facrificing a Hog to 1/is. 
 
 An Alto Relievo of Pyrrhus, the Son 
 of Achilles. It is an Oval, and has a fplen- 
 did Afpeft, as of a very large Gem ; the 
 Face is Porphyry, which the Cardinal Ma- 
 zarine fo much valued, as to finifh his Drefs 
 with a Helmet of different coloured Marble. 
 
 The 
 
in Wi lton-Hou S E* 81 
 
 The Bufto of Vespasian* 
 
 The Bufto of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus* 
 with a noble Air* There is a Dragon on 
 the Helmet ; and on his Breaft- Plate a Head 
 with Wings, like the Head of a Bat. 
 
 - i --I-- i - i ■ I I ii I 
 
 PICTURES in this Room. 
 
 Begin between the two lajl Bujlos* 
 
 Mrs. KlLLIGREW, 
 
 GREW, "J 
 ON, J 
 
 ^Celebrated Beauties, 
 Mrs. Mort< 
 
 By Vandyke \ 
 
 Mr. James Herbert, and his Wife. 
 
 By Sir Peter Lefy. 
 
 The Earl and Countefs of Bedford. 
 
 By Vandyke, 
 
 The Countefs of Pembroke, (Mother 
 of Earl Thomas) and her Sifter. 
 
 By Sir Peter Lely. 
 
 G Henry 
 
82 A Defer iption of the Curiofities 
 
 Henry Earl of Pembroke, (Father of 
 the prefent Earl) when about feventeen 
 Years old. 
 
 By Sir Godfrey Kneller. 
 
 Over the Chimney Piece. 
 
 William Earl of Pembroke, elder 
 Brother to Earl Thomas. 
 
 By Sir Peter Lely. 
 
 Lady Catharine, eldeft Daughter to 
 Earl Thomas, (married to Sir Nicholas Mor- 
 tice) and her Brother, Mr. Robert Herbert. 
 By Sir. Godfrey Kneller. 
 
 Thomas Earl of Pembroke, when 
 Lord High Admiral. 
 
 By Wifjing. 
 
 Our Saviour, and the Woman of Sa- 
 maria. 
 
 I. By Ghfeppe Chiari. 
 
 The Countefs of Pembroke, firft Wife 
 
 of Earl Thomas. 
 
 By Wifjing. 
 
 The 
 
In Wilton-Mouse. 83^ 
 
 The Virgin, Our Saviour, and Jofeph 
 reading : There are alfo feveral Boys in 
 different Actions. 
 
 1. By Gennari* 
 
 In the Ceiling. 
 
 Daedalus and Icarus. 
 
 1 . By Giufeppe Arpino* 
 
 A Table inlaid with Specimens of 135 
 different Sorts of Antique Agates and 
 Marbles. 
 
 On it, a Group of eleven Figures j very 
 fine Sculpture. 
 
 On the bottom Pannels of this Room is 
 painted the Hiftory of the Countefs of 
 Pembroke's Arcadia, written by Sir Phi- 
 lip Sidney. 
 
 By the Brother of Signor Tomafo* 
 
 G 2 Pictures, 
 
84 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 
 Pi6tures> Buftos, and Tables 
 
 IK THE 
 
 GREAT ROOM. 
 
 A HE celebrated FAMILY PICTURE: 
 
 Confiding of ten whole Lengths. The two 
 principal Figures (and thefe are fitting) are 
 Philip Earl of Pembroke, and his Lady 5 
 on their right Hand ftand their five Sons, 
 Charles Lord Herbert, Philip, (afterwards 
 Lord Herbert J William, James, and John ; 
 on their left, their Daughter Anna Sophia, 
 and her Hufband, Robert, Earl Carnarvon; 
 before them Lady Mary, Daughter of 
 George Duke of Buckingham, and Wife 
 to Charles Lord Herbert ; and above in the 
 Clouds, are two Sons and a Daughter, 
 who died young. This, and all the other 
 Pictures in this Room, are 
 
 By Vandyke. 
 
 A half 
 
In Wilton-House. 2$ 
 
 A half Length of King Charles I. 
 
 A half Length of his Queen. 
 
 A whole Length of William Earl of 
 Pembroke, Lord Steward. 
 
 A whole Length of the firft Lady of the 
 fecond Earl Philip, 
 
 Three Children of King Charles I. 
 
 Whole Lengths of the Dutchefs of 
 Richmond) (firft married to Charles Lord 
 Herbert) and Mrs. Gib/on the Dwarf. 
 
 A whole Length of the Duke, of Rich- 
 mond and Lenox. 
 
 A half Length of the Countefs of Cas- 
 
 TLEHAVEN. 
 
 A half Length of the fecond Earl Philip. 
 Two large Pier Glaffes. 
 
 F. I. 
 
 6 7 high, *) 
 
 Sin the Plate. 
 4 7 wide, J 
 
 G 3 Under 
 
86 A Defcription of the Curioilties 
 Under the one, 
 
 A Red Egyptian Granite Table. 
 
 F. I. 
 
 Long, 4 9 
 
 Wide, - i io 
 
 On it a Nuptial Vafe, reprefenting the 
 whole Ceremony of a Greek Wedding, from 
 the Beginning of the Sacrifice to the warn- 
 ing of the Bride's Feet; it is very fine 
 Work. — ■ — Before any : Marriage could be 
 folemnized, the Gods were confulted, and 
 their Afiiftance implored by Prayers and 
 Sacrifices, which were ufually offered by 
 the Parents or Relations of the Parties. 
 When the Victim was opened, the Entrails 
 were carefully infpecled ; and if any un- 
 lucky Omen appeared, the former Contract 
 was difTolved, as difpleafing to the Gods. — 
 Torches were carried before the Bride, in 
 her PaiTage to her Hufband's Houfej; Sing- 
 ers and Dancers attended -, and a fumptuous 
 Banquet was prepared. Before the Bride 
 Went to Bed, fhc bathed her Feet in Water, 
 
 fetched 
 
In Wilton-House. 87 
 
 fetched from the Fountain Callirhee. This 
 feems to have been a Cuftom peculiar to 
 the Athenians) as we learn from Arijlopha- 
 ties y and hence we may conclude, that this 
 curious Nuptial Vafe was the Workman- 
 fhip of fome Artift in that City. 
 
 Under the other, 
 A Lapis Lazuli Table, 
 
 F. I. 
 
 Long, - 5 1 
 
 Wide, 2 2 
 
 On it a Roman Urn ; Variety of very 
 fine Work all round it, of Figures, Foli- 
 ages, Birds, &c. 
 
 The Paintings in the Ceiling reprefent 
 feveral Stories of Per/ens-, as, particularly, 
 the cutting off Medufa's Head, and the re- 
 lieving of Andromeda, The great Oval, in 
 the Middle of thefe, fhews a very natural 
 Section of a Temple in Peripective, feeing 
 G 4 the 
 
88 A Defer iptlon of the Curiofities 
 
 the Sky thro' a round Top. It plainly re- 
 lates to Perfeus, becaufe it (hews the fame 
 Face and Drefs as in the former. There is 
 a Priefl, in great Concern, at the Altar * 
 it is Perfeus, to revenge himfelf on Poly* 
 defies, fur the Injuries offered to his Mo- 
 t r and Piffiys, whom he found at the Al- 
 tar Mther they had been forced to fly 
 for Sandtuary from his Violence. 
 
 By Signor Tomafo. 
 
 Begin with the Buftos on y$ur Left-Hand, 
 * 
 
 The Bufto of Marcellus, the famous 
 Conful. 
 
 The Bufto of Drusus, the elder Bro- 
 ther of Tiberius, 
 
 The Bufto of JL»ucius Verus Caesar. 
 
 The Bufto of Marcus Brutus, of the 
 faeft Greek Sculpture. 
 
 The Bufto of Caius Caesar j upon a 
 
 Tabje 
 
In Wi lt on -House. 89 
 
 Table of the Verde Antico, or green antique 
 Marble. 
 
 The Bufto of Didius Julianus; 
 
 The Bufto of Lucius Verus, when 
 Emperor. 
 
 The Bufto of Lucius Cesar, Brother 
 to Caius Cafar, on an Agate Table* This 
 Perfon, and Caius, were Sons of Julia, 
 Daughter of the Emperor Auguftus, and 
 Scribonia. 
 
 The Bufto of Julius Cjesar -, Oriental 
 Alabafter, noted, as may be feen by what 
 is faid of it in Valet t a' s Collection. The 
 Marble of the Breaft- Plate is of the Colour 
 of Steel. 
 
 The Bufto of Antinous. 
 
 The Bufto of Septimus Severus, 
 
 The Bufto of Horace, in Porphyry % 
 mentioned alfo in Vafetta's Collection : Fa- 
 
 bretti 
 
90 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 bretti in his Comment gives good Reafons 
 for its being Horace, 
 
 The Bufto of Marcus Aurelius. 
 
 The Bufto of Antoninus Pius, of the 
 beft Greek Sculpture. On this Buft, as alfo 
 on feveral others in this Room, may be feen 
 the true Habit that the Emperors wore 
 when they appeared in various Colours'';, 
 different coloured Marbles being chofen 
 for that Purpofe. 
 
 The Bufto of Cicero, of Touchftone, 
 wrth the Mark of the Cicer, or Vetch, on 
 his Face ; from which he had the Name 
 of Cicero, 
 
 'The following Buflos are all of white Marble; 
 and the Terms upon which the Buflos Jland 
 in this Room, are fine fa/per, and Mar- 
 bles, many of which are antient. 
 
 The Bufto of Artemis, or Diana: 
 Her Hair tied behind her, not to hinder her 
 mooting : The Air of the whole Buft is 
 
 like 
 
 » 
 
In Wilton-House., 91 
 
 like the upper Part of the celebrated Sta- 
 tue of this Goddefs, and thought to bs 
 by the fame Sculptor. This (as feveral 
 others) has, in Greek Characters, the Name 
 infcribed on it: It is of moft excellent 
 Greek Workmanfhip. 
 
 The Bufto of Lucanus; the Head and 
 Buft of Parian Marble; fine Sculpture. 
 On the Bottom of the Buft is a Pegafus. 
 
 Quintilian, in his Inftitutions, gives him 
 this Character \vr-Lucanus ardens '& concita- 
 tus & fententiis clarijfimus^ & ut dicam, 
 quod fentio, magis Oratoribus quam Poetis 
 imitandus. 
 
 The Pegafus then is happily expreffi ve of 
 the Poet's rapid and fublime Genius ; he 
 is fure to rant whenever he gets into a 
 Battle, or Sea Engagement; and yet he 
 is to be admired for fo many fine philofo- 
 phical PaiTages to be met with in his 
 Works; and for his generous Sentiments; 
 particularly, on the Love of Liberty, and 
 Contempt of Death : Thefe, perhaps, 
 / , he 
 
92 A Defcrtytion of the Curiofities 
 
 he owed to his Uncle Seneca, and his 
 Mailer Cornutus* 
 
 The Bufto of" Cassandra, Daughter 
 of Priam: She was a Prophetefs, and had 
 a Temple ; and therefore wears a peculiar 
 Head-Drefs, with feveral Bandages. 
 
 The Bufto of Ammonius; on it is the 
 following Infcription : 
 
 o a y m ni a s 
 
 S. K. ©. 
 
 A M M O N I O S. 
 
 The Olympiad 229, anfwers to the Year 
 of Chrijl 137. Buftos were frequently erec- 
 ted to remarkable Vidtors in the Olympic, 
 and other Games ; but this is the only 
 one known with the Olympiad marked 
 on it. Chronologers mention, Ammonius 
 Afexandrinus, alias Epidaurus, fuit Vic- 
 tor Jiadii. 
 
 The Bufto of Augustus, of Pariai* 
 Marble. 
 
 The Bufto of Germanicus. 
 
 The 
 
In Wilton-House, 93 
 
 The Bufto of Prusias, King of Bithy- 
 nla-y excellent Sculpture. 
 
 The Bufto of Scipio Asiaticus. 
 The Bufto of Caracalla. 
 The Bufto of Vitellius. 
 The Bufto of Alcibiades. 
 
 
 3* 
 
 PICTURES 
 
94 A Defcription of the jCurion* ties 
 
 
 PICTURES and BUSTOS 
 
 I N 
 
 The L OB BY. 
 
 Begin the PiBures oppojite the Door, and 
 to your Left, 
 
 X HE Decollation of St. John. The 
 Painter is an Honour to the Englijh Na- 
 tion. This Picture is fo finely painted, 
 and with fuch ftrong Exprefiions, as to 
 make him inferior to few of the befl Italian 
 Matters. King Charles the Firft called him 
 the 'Englijh Tintoret. Sir Peter Lely reck- 
 oned this the chief Hiftorical Picture that 
 he did. 
 
 2. By Dob/on. 
 
 Variety of Fruits; Vines growing up 
 a Pomegranate-Tree, and two Vintage 
 
 People 
 
In W I L T O N - H o u s e. 95 
 
 People as big as the Life. Michael Angelo, 
 the Painter of this Picture, was famous for 
 travelling Figures; of which Sort one may 
 here fee at a Diftance, a Man driving an 
 Afs. Sir Robert Gere gave his Widow three 
 hundred Piftoles for this Piece; it being a 
 favourite of her Hufband's, which he kept 
 for Himfelf. He painted the Figures, that 
 are as big as the Life, which was not ufual 
 for him, as in moil of his Pictures they 
 were put in by other Painters. 
 
 I. By Michael Angelo delta Battaglia. 
 
 A Piece of Still Life; — of Fowls, 
 and a young Boar. 
 
 3. By Gabriel Said. 
 
 Neptune and Amphytrite ; with fe- 
 veral other Figures. 
 
 1 . By Luca Giordano. 
 
 A Nativity. 
 
 By Taddeo, and Fred. Zucchero. 
 
 Two Pictures, compofed of different 
 Sorts of Marble, out of the Duke of Flo- 
 rences 
 
g6 A Description of the Curiofities 
 
 rence's Collection. This work is called, 
 in Italian, Pietra Comejfa. 
 
 A Country Family; a Man and his Wife, 
 and two Children, one of which is afleep 
 in a Cradle. 
 
 5. By Brawer* 
 
 Ceres flanding with a moil genteel Air, 
 holding up Wheat. Given by the Duke of 
 Parma to the Earl of Peterborough, when 
 he conducted fames the Second's Queen to 
 England* 
 
 2. By Parmegiano. 
 
 A Flemifh School, The Painter com- 
 monly called the little Van Dyke, 
 
 2. By Gonfaks. 
 
 The Angel, as fpeaking to Tobias about 
 the Fifh, which is fwimming up to them. 
 The Dog is between Tobias's Legs, barking 
 at the Fifh. 
 
 2. By Procacino. 
 
 The Difcovery of Achilles. 
 
 2. By Salviati. 
 
 The 
 
In Wilton-H o"u s e. 97 
 
 The Virgin with Christ. 
 
 4. By Soiarii 
 
 An Antique Picture from the Temple of 
 jfuno. Juno is fitting by a Temple ; Pal- 
 las, Hercules, Diana , Apollo, Ceres, and 
 Vertumnus, are coming to her, with their 
 Symbols in their Hands. 
 
 A Nativity. 
 
 4. By Jan Van Eyck, 1410.* 
 
 ALandskip, with Rocks, Water, and 
 three Travellers. 
 
 4. By Bartolemeo* 
 
 A Landskip, with a Man carrying a 
 Fifhing-Net, 
 
 4» By Francefco Giovanni* 
 
 
 H BUS TOS 
 
98 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 
 B U S T O S. 
 
 A HE Bufto of Marcus Modiusj the 
 only one known with an Epitaph on it; 
 the Bottom is made round, fo as to fix 
 it on the Hole in which his Ames were 
 put. 
 
 IHTHP ME0OAOY ATI AT IKE nPOXTATA 
 XAIPE nOAAAMEN EST 0AA IIA0flN <DPE2I 
 IIOAAA AE AYTPA. 
 
 Medice methodi Afiatice magjfter Salve. 
 Multa quidem bona fajfe mentibus mult a 
 vero trijlia. 
 
 On the P E D E S T A L. 
 
 M. moaioC aCatikoC iatpoC megoaikoC 
 
 Marcus Modius AJatkus Medicus metho- 
 dicus. 
 
 One 
 
In Wilton-House. 99 
 
 One would imagine, from this Infcrip- 
 tion, that Marcus Modius was a very cele- 
 brated Phyfician, though his Name is not 
 yet come down to us. If any Conjecture 
 can be made from the Greek Characters 
 concerning his Age, he flourished about 
 the Times of the firft Emperors. The 
 Letters are antientj the Sigma and Ep- 
 filon on the Breafr. retain the antique 
 Form. Thefe Letters, from the Reign 
 of Auguflus, began to lofe their prifline 
 Shape. Marcus Moducs, fays Montfaucsm^ 
 as far as can be conjectured, lived about 
 the Age of Augufius ; he is called the 
 Methodical Phyfician. The firft who pro- 
 bably introduced Method into Medicine, 
 was Tbemifon, who was Cotemporary with 
 Pompey 3 and from him proceeded the 
 Methodifts in that Proferlion. 
 
 The Word %* if B feems to mew, that this 
 was a fepulchral Infcription ; and was pla- 
 ced on this Tomb. Paufanius fays, "Ad 
 hunc modum fuorum cadavera condunt 
 Sicyonii : Corpus terra contegunt, deinde 
 H 2 Capidea 
 
ioo A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Capidea ball extructa, columnas erigunt; 
 quibus faftigta imponunt, eadem fpecie, 
 qua intemplis. Infcriptionem nullam po- 
 nunt, fed ejus quern extulerunt nomen 
 apellantes, patris mentione praetermiffa, 
 ilium valere jubent, x$ew» to* vi^ov x ai ?* iv " — 
 Lib. 2. 
 
 The two Verfes in which he is faid 
 to have experienced much Good and Evil, 
 are exaclly in the Style of an Epitaph. 
 The fecond Verfe is from the fourth OdyJJey, 
 where Mention is made of that Potion, 
 which Helena prepared, to make them for- 
 get" their Misfortunes. 
 
 The Bufto of Apollonius Tyanjeus. 
 It is lively in the Attitude, with his Arm 
 tucking his Garment about him. When it 
 was firft fold at Valettds Sale, a Gentleman 
 gave upwards of 270I. for it. There were 
 then, in the South-Sea Time, feveral An- 
 tiques fold for above 200I. each ; as the 
 Homer which the Emperor Conjiantine got 
 from Smyrna ; Horace, the Poet, of Por- 
 phyry ', Cicero, of Touch (lone 5 and Julius 
 
 C&far 3 
 
In Wilton-House. ioi 
 
 Cafar, in Oriental Alabafter ; which Tho- 
 mas Earl of Pembroke afterwards bought. 
 
 The Bufto of Mago, the famous Car- 
 thaginian. Scipio would not burn Carthage 
 'till he had fecured the Book which Mago 
 had written of Agriculture ; the Subftance 
 of which is ftill preferved in the Writings 
 of Cato, Varro> and the other Authors, de 
 Re Ritftica. 
 
 
 H 3 THE 
 
102 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
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 THE 
 
 COLLONADE-ROOM. 
 
 Ifcg/a /$£ TiBures with the UppertnoJI 
 on your Left. 
 
 IHE Head of St. Paul. 
 
 4, By Augujlino Carrachu 
 
 A Calm. 
 
 4. By Fandervelt. 
 
 Belshazzar*s Feaft -, a Multitude of 
 Figures. Great Aftoniftiment appears in 
 all the Company at the Table, &c. 
 
 4. By Old Frank. 
 
 Pictures of the prefent Lord and Lady 
 
 Pembroke. . 
 
 By Reynolds, 
 
 $. Calm. 
 
In Wilton-House. 103 
 
 A Calm. 
 
 By Fatten. 
 
 A Madona. 
 
 3. By Carlo DukL 
 
 A Gale. 
 
 By Patten. 
 
 St. Sebastian {hot with Arrows. 
 
 .5. Scarce Una di Ferrara. 
 
 A Landskip. 
 
 4. By Herman Sacbtkven. 
 
 The Labours of Hercules. 
 
 4. By Francis Fhris. 
 
 The Injlde of the Columns. 
 
 A Harvest Home. 
 
 By Rubens. 
 
 The Money Changers, and People, 
 with the Doves in the Temple. 
 
 3. By Dominico Fettu 
 
 H 4 Christ 
 
104 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Christ taken from the Crofs <, ten other 
 Figures, with ftrong Expreffions of the So- 
 lemnity. The Virgin has her right Hand 
 under our Saviour 's Head, as lifting him up -, 
 while Jofeph of Arimathea (who is richly 
 dreffed) is wrapping the Linen Cloth round 
 him. Behind Jofeph are two Men, one of 
 them has the Superfcription in his Hands, 
 and the Crown of Thorns upon his Arm \ 
 the other is as talking to him, pointing with 
 one Hand to the Virgin, and the other to- 
 wards Jofeph. On the other Side is St. John, 
 with his Hands folded together, and mews 
 great Concern. Mary Magdalen is wiping 
 off the Blood, and wrapping the Linen 
 round our Saviour's Feet. Mary, the Wife 
 of Ckophas, is, as fpeaking to Nicodemus, 
 who is giving Directions about the Spices. 
 Behind them are two Men; one holds the 
 Nails taken from the Crofs, the other the 
 Hammer and Pinchers. Here is alfo the 
 Tomb fliewn, and the People rolling the 
 Stone from the Entrance of it; and Mount 
 Cahari, with Bones and Skulls Scattered 
 gbout where the CrofTes ftand 3 with a View 
 
 of 
 / 
 
/« Wilton-House. 105 
 
 of the Multitude returning into Jerufalem^ 
 at a Diftance, a Landfkip with Rocks, &c. 
 
 3. By Albert Durer, 
 
 Midas's Judgment. 
 
 By Phillippo Lauro. 
 
 A Nativity. 
 
 By Tbeodoro. 
 
 The Virgin, Chrift, St. John, and St. 
 Catharine. 
 
 3. By Par "megiano* 
 
 A Magdalen, contemplating with a 
 Crucifix ; Angels appear above. 
 
 4. By E/izabetha, Daughter of SiranL 
 
 A Nativity ; at a Diftance, the Shep- 
 herds without their Sheep, and an Angel in 
 the Clouds. 
 
 3. By Dionigo Ca/vart. 
 
 A Landskip, with Figures fitting by 
 
 the Water Side. 
 
 3. By Orizonti. 
 
 St. Peter 
 
io6 A Defcription of the Curiofitics 
 
 St. Peter and the Angel coming out 
 of Prifon. 
 
 By Stenwick. 
 
 A Drawing. 
 
 By Raphael, 
 
 The late Lord Pembroke. 
 
 By Jervoi/e, 
 
 A Drawing. 
 
 By Corregio* 
 
 Leda and the Swan. 
 
 3. By Leonardo da Vinci. 
 
 Virtue coming to Parnaffus to awaken 
 
 Apollo and the Mufes. 
 
 3. By Luigi Gentili. 
 
 The Port of Leghorn, on Copper. 
 
 5. By Viviano Codazzo. 
 
 The Virgin, our Saviour, St. John, and 
 
 an Angel. 
 
 3. By Raphael Urbino. 
 
 Hercules and Dejanira. 
 
 4. By Giovanni Mantoudno. 
 
 The Birth of St. John. 
 
 4. By Dominica Pelugio. 
 
 Cupip 
 
In Wilton-House. 107 
 
 Cupid wrenching his Bow out of the 
 
 Hands of a Boy. 
 
 4. By Taruffi da Bologna. 
 
 An Antique of the Virgin and our Savi- 
 our, faid to be painted by St. Luke, 
 
 The Four Seasons -, Winter is the 
 
 Stump of a Tree, with odd Faces, and 
 
 Owls. 
 
 2. By Murillo. 
 
 A Seraglio. 
 
 By Otto Fern. 
 
 Isaac bleffing Jacob. 
 
 By Lazarini. 
 
 A Salutation of the Angel to the Virgin, 
 4. By Francefco Dani, 
 
 Judith cutting off Holofemefs Head. 
 5. By Andrea Montagna. 
 
 Over the Chimney v 
 
 The half Length of a Gentleman, fup- 
 
 pofed to be Prince Rupert, 
 
 By Vandyke. 
 
 Next 
 
ioB A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Next the Lobby Door* 
 The Bufto of Drusilla. 
 
 Next the Corner Room Door, 
 The Bufto of Horace the Confular. 
 
 On the Chimney -Piece. 
 
 The Bufto of Commodus. 
 The Bufto of Polemon. 
 
 On a Table, the Produce of Mount Edgecumbe. 
 
 Morpheus, the God of Sleep, in black 
 Touchitone -, his Head wreathed with Pop- 
 pies, and a Poppy in one Hand. 
 
 i" don't think it amifs to acquaint the Curi- 
 ous, that in the two next Rooms are fome Ca- 
 pital Paintings by the mojl eminent Majlers. 
 
 Pictures 
 
In Wilton-House. 109 
 
 
 Pictures in the Corner Room. 
 
 Begin with the Pictures over the Door, as 
 you enter the Room, and proceed to the 
 Right. 
 
 1 HE Virgin, with Cbrift leaning the 
 back Part of his Head againft her Breaft. 
 He has a Bird in his right Hand. 
 
 3. By Crefpi. 
 
 The Virgin teaching our Saviour to 
 read. 
 
 3. By Guercino. 
 
 Philip Earl of Pembroke. 
 
 By Vandyke, 
 
 St, Dominico, 
 
 By Corregio, 
 
 The 
 
no A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 The Head of Mieris. 
 
 5. By Him/elf. 
 
 A Charity with three Children, very 
 natural. It was one of King Charles the 
 Firfl's Pictures. 
 
 2. By Guido Rhmi. 
 
 A Landskip. 3. By Rubens. 
 
 Mary Magdalen. 
 
 2. By "Titian. 
 
 Christ from the Crofs -, two Boys hold- 
 ing up the Arms, and the Virgin devoutly 
 flretching out her Hands. At a Diftance 
 appear the three Crones, and a Group of 
 little Figures, with a Horfe. It was made 
 for Henry II. King of France, which he 
 gave to his Miftrefs, Diana Valentinois -, and 
 on the painted flat Frame, in one Corner, 
 are the Arms of France ; in another, a Mo- 
 nogram of the iirft Letters of their Names ; 
 the other two Corners, the Emblems of 
 Diana, three Half-Moons, in one, and a 
 Quiver and Bow in the other. 
 
 3. By Michael Angela, 
 
 BACCHUSj 
 
In Wilton -House. hi 
 
 Bacchus, with a Bowl in his left Hand, 
 his right Arm refting on a Veffel -, an old 
 Man emptying a Bafket of Grapes into a 
 Vat; a Woman and Boys, with two Bas- 
 kets of Fruit. 
 By Polidore Caravagio, a Scholar of Raphael's. 
 
 The Woman bringing the Children to 
 
 Christ. 
 
 By Sebajiian Burdon. 
 
 A whole Length of Democr i tus laugh- 
 ing; a Book in his Hand.— -Very much 
 efteemed. 
 
 By Spagnolet. 
 
 Magdalen, as a Penitent, over-look- 
 ing the Vanities of the World. Below her 
 are fix Boys, as Cupids ; they are handling 
 Jewels, &c 
 
 5. By Domichino, a Scholar of 
 Ludovico Caracci. 
 
 Narcissus feeing himfelf in the Wa- 
 ter. There are feveral Cupids in various 
 Actions. 
 
 3. By Poiiffin, 
 
 An 
 
H2 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 An Aflumption of the Virgin. 
 
 5. By Rubens. 
 
 In the Arundel Catalogue it is faid, that 
 his Lordfhip defired Rubens to paint for him 
 a fine finiihed Clofet Pi&ure, which is this 
 Pi&ure -, being an old Flemijh Board, mofl 
 beautifully coloured. There is a Group at 
 Bottom of nine Angels, all in different Pof- 
 tures, as railing the Cloud under the Virgin 
 Mary, There are ieveral pretty Cherubims 
 Heads at the Side, and at the Top. It fo 
 much pleafed Rubens, that he faid he would 
 make a great picture after it -, which he did 
 for the Church of a Convent in Antwerp, 
 where he has added Apoftles as big as the 
 
 Life. 
 
 \ 
 
 The Countefs of Pembroke, and Lord 
 
 Herbert, now Earl of Pembroke, when 
 
 very young. 
 
 3. By Mr. Hoare, oiBatk. 
 
 Christ aftride upon a Lamb, is held by 
 
 the Virgin ; old Jofepb is looking on, and 
 
 leaning on a Staff. 
 
 5. By Francefco Penni. 
 
 The 
 
In Wilton-House. " 2I 3 
 
 The Virgin, our Saviour, and St. 
 
 John. 
 
 3. By Barocci* 
 
 A young Woman, with a Shock- Dog. 
 
 3. By Corregio. 
 
 A Madona, very fine, with feven Stars 
 
 round her Head. 
 
 3. By Ca?\o MafdttL 
 
 A Piper. 
 
 3. By Georgia; c\ 
 
 Old Joseph at Work, our Saviour hold- 
 ing a lighted Lamp to him. 
 
 5. By Luc a Congiagio, 
 
 The Virgin holding our Saviour by 
 his Arms, St. John embracing himj old 
 
 ej)h is reading. 
 
 5. By Ludovico Caraccu 
 
 The Virgin holding Cbrjft in her Lap. 
 
 St. John has led a Lamb to him. Cbrift is 
 
 looking at an Angel below on the Ground, 
 
 gathering Flowers -, old Jqfepk is higher up, 
 
 with an Afs by him. 
 
 By Contarinim 
 
 I Four 
 
H4 >d Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Four Children, reprefenting our Sa- 
 viour, an Angel, St. John, and a little Girl. 
 The Angel is lifting a Lamb to St. John, 
 who has his left Hand upon it, and is in 
 Difcourfe with our Saviour, as they are all 
 fitting clofe together. Behind our Saviour 
 is a Tree, and a Vine growing up it, with 
 Grapes thereon. The Girl (reprefenting 
 perhaps, fymbolically, the Chriftian Church) 
 has hold of the Vine with one Hand, and 
 in the other Hand has a Bunch of Grapes, 
 which me is offering to our Saviour. 
 
 This is allowed to be the beft Picture m 
 England of 2. Rubens. 
 
 The Defcent of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 By Salembeni. 
 
 A dead Saviour, furrounded with An- 
 gels; a very fine Sketch. 
 
 5. By Bonamico Bufalmaco* 
 
 Mars and Venus. 
 
 By Vander Warf* 
 
 Christ lying on Straw in a Manger. 
 
 4. By Vandyke: 
 King 
 
in W i l t d tf - H o u s t~i i 1 j 
 
 King Richard II. &c. I here tran* 
 fcribe Hollar 's Account of it.-^-An elegant 
 Reprefentation of King Richard the lid. 
 (in his Youth) at his Devotion, painted on 
 two Tables. In one* he is reprefented 
 kneeling by his three Patron Saints, St. 
 John Baptift, King Edmund, and King Ed- 
 ward the ConfefTor, having a Crown on his 
 Head, clad in a Robe adorned with white 
 Harts and Broonv-Cods, in Allufion to his 
 Mother's Arms, and in his own Name of 
 Plantagenifta. Thus he is praying to the 
 Virgin Mary, with the Infant in her Arms, 
 (on the other Table) furrounded with Chris- 
 tian Virtues, in the Shape of Angels, with 
 Collars of Broom- Cods about their Necks, 
 and white Harts on their Bofoms ; one 
 holding up a Banner of the Crofs before 
 them, and on the Ground are Lillies and 
 Rofes.-— St. John Baptift holds a Lamb in 
 his left Arm. King Edward the ConferTor 
 holds a Ring between the Thumb and fore 
 Finger of his left Hand ; King Edmund 
 holds an Arrow in his left Hand ; all their 
 right Hands are directed to King Richard, 
 
 1 z as 
 
1 1 6 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 as prefenting him to our Saviour, who in- 
 clines himfelf in a very kind Manner to- 
 wards them. There are eleven Angels re- 
 prefented, each of them hath a Wreath of 
 white Rofes round his Head. The Dif- 
 pofition of their Countenances, and Action 
 of their Hands, is deiigned to ihew that 
 their Attention is employed about King 
 Richard, On the Glory round our Saviour *s 
 Head, you may fee the Crofs reprefented in 
 it, and round the Extremity of the Orb are 
 fmall Branches of Thorns. On two Brafs 
 Plates on the Bottom of the Picture is en- 
 graved as follows, viz. 
 
 Invention of Painting in Oil, 1410 1 . 
 
 This was painted before, in the Begin- 
 ing of Richard II. 1377. Hollar engraved 
 and dedicated it to King Charles I. and called 
 it Tabula Antiqtia of King Richard II. with 
 his three Saints and Patrons, St. John Bap- 
 tift, and two Kings, St. Edmund and Ed- 
 ward the Confeffor. This Picture was 
 given out of the Crown by King James II. 
 to Lord Cafllemain, when he went Ambaf- 
 
 fador 
 
7« Wilton-House. 117 
 
 fador to Rome, and bought, fince he died, 
 by Thomas Earl of Pembroke. 4. 
 
 The Three Kings Offering. There 
 
 are Horfes and many Figures, at feveral 
 
 Diftances, of this Painter's befl colouring ; 
 
 with a glorious Eclat of Light breaking 
 
 through the Clouds, in which are many 
 
 Cherubims. That King, who has a flrong 
 
 Light on his Forehead, is the Painter him- 
 
 felf. His whole Figures are bell -, for he 
 
 was famous for fuiting a proper Action to 
 
 every Part, and to the Genius of the Per- 
 
 fon ; as here a Groom, for Example, Ihews 
 
 a natural Affection to his Horfe, by kiffing 
 
 his Nofe. 
 
 3. By Paolo Veronefe* 
 
 Apollo fleaing Marfias. 
 
 By Piombo. 
 
 The Garden Side, Begin on the Right -Hand 
 of the Window at the Top. 
 
 Christ taken from the Crofs. 
 
 By Figino. 
 
 I 3 The 
 
1 1 8 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 The Virgin, old Jofeph, Elizabeth, and 
 Cbrifty who is putting a Ring on St. Catha<? 
 rine's Finger. 
 
 5 . By Angitifciola. 
 
 Ruins and Figures. 
 
 By Paolo Panini^ 
 
 The Virgin and old Jofepb teaching 
 thrift to read. 
 
 By 'Bernardino Gattu 
 
 The Harmony between Hiftory and Poe^ 
 
 try. Very fine. 
 
 2. By Romanefli* 
 
 The Virgin, with Chrift about four 
 Years old, as big as the Life, (landing by 
 her ; a Figure as graceful as Raphael Urbins. 
 The Virgin is as talking to St. J ohn. More 
 backward, at her right Side, is a Woman 
 with a Child in her Arms, both with grace- 
 
 ful Countenances. 
 
 By Andrea del Sarto* 
 
 Our Saviour carrying the Crofs. 
 
 By Andrea del Sarto. 
 
 Rape 
 
In Wilton-House. 119 
 
 Rape of Dejanira, by NeJ/iis the Cen- 
 taur. Hercules is /hooting at him. 
 
 5. By Carlo Crefti. 
 
 A Landskip. 
 
 •By Claude Lorrain* 
 
 Some Market People. 
 
 4. By Crefpu 
 
 A Shepherd and Shepherdefs. 
 
 2. By Bloemarf. 
 
 The Virgin, with Chrlji in her Lap. 
 
 5. By Raphael, 
 
 A Nativity on Copper -, neatly finifhed. 
 
 5. By Rubens, 
 
 A Man forcing a Boy to take Phyfic. 
 
 5. By Bambocci. 
 
 A Half-Length of Titian. 
 
 By Himfelf. 
 
 An AfTumption of the Virgin 5 feve- 
 
 ral of the Apoftles looking up, and one 
 
 of the twelve is haftening down the Hill 
 
 to the reft. - 
 
 By Raphael Urbino. 
 
 I 4 The 
 
120 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 The Virgin reading, with Chrift in her 
 
 Lap. 
 
 5. By Albano, 
 
 Job, and his three Friends. 
 
 5. By Andrea Sacchi, 
 
 Christ in the Virgin's Arms, St. 'John 
 kifling him; Jofeph is looking on them. 
 
 5. By Scidone, 
 
 hi the Ceiling* 
 
 The Converfion of St. Paul. St. Paul 
 is (truck from his Horfe; he and his Com- 
 } appear in great Surprize. 
 
 1. By Luca Giordano, 
 
 On the Chimney-Piece, 
 
 The Bufto of the Emperor Pertinax, 
 The Bufto of Solon. 
 
 The 
 
In Wilton -House. 121 
 
 The C L O S E T 
 
 WITHIN 
 
 The CORNER ROOM. 
 
 Begin the Pictures with that over the 
 Door- Cafe leading into the inner Part 
 of the Room. 
 
 F 
 
 IVE Soldiers, two expreffing great Fury 
 to tear Chri/l's Coat , another is gravely in- 
 terpofing, as if he was perfuading them to 
 eaft Lots for it. Very fine. 
 
 2. By Annibal Caracci, 
 
 There are two Pictures on each Side of the 
 laft mentioned \ begin with the two on your 
 right Hand, afterwards on your Left. 
 
 The Virgin ; our Saviour is retting his 
 Head and right Hand on her Bofom. 
 
 4. By Bloemart, Jun, 
 
 A Ruin, with Landfkips and Figures. 
 
 4. By Viviano. 
 A 
 
122 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 A Shepherdefs in a Straw Hat, reprefent~ 
 ing the Princefs Sophia. 
 
 By Gerrard Huntorft. 
 
 A Ruin, with Landfkips and Figures. 
 
 4. By Viviano* 
 
 On the Bow Window, and Chimney Sides, 
 as you go round, begin with the lowejf 
 PtSiure. 
 
 A Nativity. 
 
 By Raphael Direggio* 
 
 Our Saviour taken from the Crofs *, 
 i the Virgin fheweth great Concern • There 
 are three other Figures by them, and An- 
 gels in the Clouds. 
 
 2, By Valerio Cqfielli, 
 
 King Edward VI. 
 
 4. By Hans Holbein. 
 
 Our Saviour afcendingj with the four 
 Emblems of the Evangelifts at the Bottom 
 of the Clouds ; two Angels are fupporting 
 
 his Arms. 
 
 3. By Giulio Romano. 
 
 Over 
 
In W i l . t o n - H o u s e. 123 
 
 Over the Chimney- Piece. 
 
 The^iPG..!- exceedingly fine j the Veil 
 painted with Ultra Marine Maria da Fiori 
 painted the F'owers with which the Virgin 
 is furrounded. 3. By Carlo DulcL 
 
 T oy* playing with a Bird, which is 
 
 tied with a String. 4. By Poujjin. 
 
 A Nativity.. By Carlo Signatii. 
 
 The Siege of Pavia, By Hans Holbein, 
 
 St. Sebastian (hot with Arrows. 
 
 5. By Benedetto Luti. 
 
 The Circumcifion of our Saviour. 
 
 By Fiorentino. 
 
 Two Cupids, holding a third upon their 
 Hands, as carrying him ; another Boy ly- 
 ing down by them. By SiranL 
 
 The Devil tempting our Saviour. 
 
 5. By Paris Alfano Perugia. 
 
 The Prodigal Son returning Home. 
 
 By Woverman. 
 
 Some Dutch People playing at Draughts ; 
 
 a Woman 
 
124 -^ Defcription of the Curioilties 
 
 a Woman by them cutting Bread and But- 
 ter for a Boy, who is faying Grace. 
 
 4. By Egbert Hem/kirk. 
 
 People playing at Cards. 
 
 4. By Lucas Van Leiden. 
 
 Day, reprefented by Apollo riding upon 
 a Cloud, drawn by four Horfes. Night, 
 reprefented by a Figure with dark Wings, 
 and Poppies round her Hand. By her are 
 two Owls flying. 5. By Solimene* 
 
 St. Jerom. 5. By Borgiano. 
 
 The Virgin, with Chriji in her Lap ; 
 St. John has hold of his right Foot. 
 
 By Gio. Bat. Vico. 
 
 St. John preaching in the Wildernefs ; 
 
 fmall neat Figures. 
 
 5. By Rowland Savori. 
 
 St. Jerom. 5. By Giulio CambiVeronefe. 
 
 Christ in the Virgins Lap ; he holds 
 St. John by the Hand. By Carletto, 
 
 The prodigal Son going Abroad. 
 
 4. By Woverman. 
 A 
 
In Wilton-House. 125 
 
 A young Woman holding a Candle. 
 
 4. By Schalken* 
 
 The River Tiber -, — Romulus and Remus 
 
 fucking the Wolf. 
 
 4. By Del Po. 
 
 Our Saviour, about two Years old, fit- 
 ting on a Stone ; a Lamb is ftanding by 
 him, and licking his Hand, in which he 
 holds a String that is tied to the Leg of a 
 Dove, which fits in a little open work'd 
 Bafket. There are two other Figures. The 
 Rays from the Glory round our Saviour's 
 Head ftrike a fine Light upon them. One 
 of them has her Hand upon the Dove. 
 
 3 . By Paolo Mathei, 
 
 Christ raifing Lazarus from the Dead. 
 
 3. By Seb. RiccL 
 
 Pyrrhus brought dead out of the Tem- 
 ple. They are putting him into his Chariot. 
 Several Figures appear in great Surprize. 
 
 3. By Pietro Tejla. 
 
 Over the Door, 
 An old Man felling Sweetmeats to the 
 Children, which he carries in a Pot -, there 
 
 are 
 
126 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 are fix about him ; an extraordinary Plea- 
 fure appears in all their Countenances. 
 
 3, By Fran. Halls, 
 
 Andromache fainting, on hearing of 
 the Death of her Hufband Heclor. Here 
 are twenty-five Figures. 
 
 1. By Primaticcio. 
 
 Two Battle-Pieces. 
 
 3. By Burgognone, 
 
 On the Chimney-Piece. 
 Two young Faces in Bronze. 
 
 In the deling. 
 
 Venus's Birth : She is rifing out of the 
 Sea, the three Graces attending her : There 
 are alfo five Cupids in different A&ions. 
 
 1. By Lorenzino da Bologna. 
 
 In the Inner Part of the Clofet begin on 
 the Right -Hand. 
 
 Venus and the Graces drefiing. 
 
 By Andrea Camajfei. 
 
 The Flight into Egypt. 
 
 5. By Giovaninu 
 
 Abra- 
 
In Wilton-House. 127 
 
 Abraham's Steward putting the Brace- 
 lets on Rebecca's, Arm at the Well. 
 
 5. By Pietro Bambini. 
 
 Christ praying in the Garden, with 
 two Angels to comfort him ; on Copper. 
 4. By Giufeppe Gratti da Bologna. 
 
 A fleeping Cupid, on a black and yel- 
 low Marble Table, whereon Cards are 
 reprefented. *■ 
 
 Eight fmall Buftos, upon gilded Mafk- 
 Trufles. 
 
 Tithonus, Divinity of the Morning. 
 Venus of Media's. 
 Bacchus -, very beautiful Work. 
 Crisp in a, Wife of Commodus. 
 
 Fauna, the Female Divinity of Faunus. 
 Very rare. 
 
 A Pantheon, of a peculiar Marble, 
 and in the old Termini Way : It has the 
 Symbols of Amman, Mavors, and Tbotb, 
 three of the Egyptian Dii Majores -, from 
 whom the Greeks made Jupiter, Mars, and 
 
 Mercury. 
 
 Epicuruss 
 
128 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 Epicurus ; valued by Cardinal Maza- 
 rine, there being no other of him. 
 
 Achilles, with a young Face, proba- 
 bly before be went to the Trojan War; his 
 Bread is adorned, and on his Helmet are 
 Ram's Heads. We read in Homer, that the 
 Antients made their Armour of the Skins of 
 different Animals, contrived generally to 
 bring their Faces in the Front of their Hel- 
 mets, to render their Appearance more ter- 
 rible to the Enemy. This Buft is fmall, 
 and of very neat Workmanfhip. 
 
 On a black and yellow Marble Table, 
 where Cards are reprefented, lies 
 
 A Sleeping Cupid. 
 
 A Porphyry Table. Upon it a Statue 
 
 of a fleeping Venus, of the Size of the 
 
 Hermaphrodite in the Borghefe Palace at 
 
 Rome; but it differs, this having the Hair 
 
 trulTedup behind, that as a Man's, and here 
 
 the Linen decently covers more of the Hip. 
 
 This is of fine Greek Sculpture, and appears 
 
 much older than that, as is obferved in 
 
 Cardinal Mazarine's Catalogue. 
 
 From 
 
tn Wilt oN-Hodsfe. 129 
 
 From thefe Apartments are the following 
 Views: — The Garden, or rather a beauti- 
 ful Lawn, planted with various Trees. The 
 River, which the late Earl Henry much in- 
 larged. The Bridge, which the faid Earl 
 built from Palladia's Defign. Between fome 
 large Cedar Trees, a Rock Bridge, by 
 Chambers, with a fall of Water. The Sta- 
 ble Bridge. A Piazza, (the Front of the 
 Stables) by Inigo Janes, A beautiful Hill 
 in the Park, on which is a triumphal Arch, 
 defigned by Chambers, having an equef- 
 trian Statue of Marcus Aurelius upon it. A 
 Wood on the fame Hill, in which ftands 
 an elegant Caffine, defigned likewife by 
 Chambers. The Engine Houfe, with an. 
 ornamented Front. An Arcade, the Front 
 of which being originally the Front of a 
 Grotto, was defigned by Inigo "Jones. The 
 Spire and weft Front of Sali/bury Cathedral, 
 Clarendon Park, and Places adjacent. 
 
 In the fix Windows of the Geometrical Stair- 
 Cafe , painted by Clermont in Arabefco, 
 (begin at the Top J are — 
 
 One reprefenting Torment, 
 
 The other, Content. 
 
 K An 
 
 f 
 
 luftosJ 
 
 I 
 
130 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 An Antique Mafk. 
 
 A Bifrons of Janus. It was in the Tem- 
 ple of Janus at Rome. 
 
 A Foflil : It was a Snake Stone taken out 
 of a Portland Stone at the building of Wejl- 
 minjier Bridge. 
 
 The Statue of a Boy dancing. 
 
 The Urn of Horace ; on one Side of 
 which is this Infcription : 
 
 D M 
 HOR. FLACC. PUS MAR: 
 PAMPH. MIN FA FECIT. 
 
 Diis Manibus Horatii Placet. The other 
 Letters before Fecit, probably relate to the 
 Perfon who had the Urn made ; but they 
 were defaced, and fince mended, as the 
 Traces of former Letters were perceptible. 
 On the other Side is the Apotheofis of a 
 Lyric Poet : There is a Woman in a loofe 
 Garment, holding a burning Torch, as one 
 of the Mufes; another holds a Lyre in her 
 left Hand, and a Volume in her right, 
 which fhe offers to a third Woman, with 
 large Wings, reprefenting Fame; near them 
 
 ftands 
 
In Wilton-House, 131 
 
 ftands a great Altar, adorned with a Crown ; 
 in an obfcure Corner fits a Figure with his 
 Head reclined, which fome think may be 
 Momus, or Zoi/us; they are genteel Figures, 
 and elegantly cloathed. It is Bafib Relievo. 
 
 A Statue of Shakespeare, by Schee- 
 makers 1 in the fame Manner as in Wejlmin- 
 jler-Abbey> only the Lines on the Scroll 
 are different ; thefe are out of Macbeth* 
 Life* j but a walking Shadow, 
 a poor Player, 
 That Jlruts and frets his Hour 
 upon the Stage, 
 And then is heard no more* 
 
 
 & 
 
 The 
 
132 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 /vV\AA/vWvVVVvvvWv\AAVv'\A 
 
 The STONE HALL. 
 
 Begin on your Right^Hand. 
 
 A 
 
 N Alto Relievo. A Rape of Neptune : 
 Twelve Figures, befides two Horfes. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Six Figures ; Nereids, 
 Tritons, and a Horfe. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. The Rape of the 
 Centaurs: Eight Figures. 
 
 A Greek Alto Relievo, of very curious 
 Work. It is ViBoria : She has a wreathed 
 Corona in each Hand, which me holds 
 over two Captives, bound at her Feet. 
 There are a great many Weapons of War, 
 with Armour and Enfigns, and a particular 
 Trumpet. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Two Figures ; one, 
 reprefenting Painting; . the other, Sculp- 
 ture : Very fine Drapery. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. A Prieflefs bringing 
 a Sheep for Sacrifice. There are two Al- 
 tars -, 
 
In Wilton-House. 133 
 
 tars ; upon one, is a Fire ; upon the other, 
 an Idol. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Jupiter and Juno : 
 Six other Figures bringing Offerings. 
 
 A Relievo. A Man and Woman ; the 
 Woman fitting j their right Hands joined 
 together, as bidding Adieu to each other. 
 
 The Statue of Urania, the Mufe, with 
 her Symbol cut on the Plinth, with fo re- 
 verend an Air of old Age, that Cardinal 
 Mazarine would not furfer any Part of it to 
 be mended. 
 
 A Relievo. A Bull, with his Head a- 
 dorned with a Mitre and Fillets 5 the Mid- 
 dle of his Belly bound round with a Rib- 
 band. The perfon that facrifices, is naked, 
 with his Head laureated j he leads the Bull 
 with his right Hand. The Pope, or Priefr, 
 follows behind, laureated likewife, and 
 cloathed from the Navel to his Knees : In 
 his right Hand is a facrificing Olla, or Pot ; 
 and in his left Hand is the Ax. 
 
 A very large Alto Relievo, weighing a- 
 bout a Ton and a Half. It was a Frieze in 
 K 3 a Greek 
 
,134 ^ Defcripiion of the Curiofities 
 
 a Greek Temple of Diana and Apollo, and 
 reprefents the Story of Niobe and her Chil- 
 dren, etc. Here are feven Sons and feven 
 Daughters, fuppofed to be hunting in the 
 Heat j and being ill, the Father and Mo- 
 ther, &c. come out of the Shade to aflifi: 
 them. All the Figures and Trees, efpeci- 
 ally the Horfes on which the Sons ride, are 
 {o high, that the Heads and Necks ftand 
 off without touching the Marble. The 
 Foreft Cyt baron, in Baotia, in which they 
 are hunting, is finely reprefented ; and at 
 a Diftance, by fome of the Trees, Sylvanus, 
 the Divinity of the Woods, fits looking on 
 with a grave Concern. In this, neither 
 Apollo nor Diana appear ; by which pro- 
 bably it was intended to reprefent their 
 Deaths, as proceeding from the Heat of 
 the Sun, the Rays of which are as Apollo's 
 Arrows : He is, indeed, often in Medals fo 
 reprefented, either with the Sun alone, or 
 with the Rays round his Head. Thus, by 
 the Heat of the Sun, which was Apollo, 
 and from the Fatigue of Hunting, over 
 which Diana preflded, they got fome mor- 
 tal 
 
/« Wilton-House. 135 
 
 tal Fever. An Arrow flicks in one only 
 as a Symbol. Here are twenty Figures : 
 Syivanusi and three old Men, (the Father, 
 and two Uncles, or Tutors) and two old 
 Women, (the Mother, and a Nurfe, or 
 Aunt) feven Sons, and feven Daughters -, 
 alfo five Horfes. Two of the youngeft 
 Sons are on Foot, as are the Daughters. 
 
 On the foregoing Alto Relievo, 
 The Statue of Calliope, one of the 
 Mufes, with a Roll in her Hand : She in- 
 vented Epic, or Heroic Poetry. 
 
 The Bufto of Cato Major. 
 
 The Statue of Pandora. 
 
 A Relievo. Two Priefls, or Minifters 
 of the Prieft, as going before the Victim : 
 One of them is playing upon two Pipes ; 
 the other ftands laureated, prepared to do 
 his Office; with an earthen Chalice, or 
 Simpulum, in his right Hand, and a Patera 
 in his left. 
 
 The Statue of Sab in a, Wife of Ha- 
 drian. Fine Drapery, 
 
 K 4 A 
 
IJ0 A Defer iptiotv of the Curiofities 
 
 A Relievo. Jupiter fits on the right 
 Hand of Juno, on Mount Olympus, with a 
 Thunder-holt in his right Hand, and em- 
 bracing her with his left ; fhe holds him 
 with her right Hand : both naked to the 
 Navel. Before them is a Fire blazing upon 
 an Altar, andaPrieft {landing bareheaded, 
 having a very long Robe, and cafting fome-? 
 thing into the Fire. 
 
 An Altq Relievo. Faunus playing on 
 two Pipes. 
 
 A BafTo Relievo ; having the Infcription, 
 called Boujirophedon, the Writing in the fuc- 
 ceffive Lines going forward and backward, 
 firft from Left to Right, then from Right 
 to Left, as they turn or guide Oxen in the 
 plowing of Lands. This was efceemed the 
 moft antient Way of writing, and proves 
 the great Antiquity of this Marble. The 
 figures reprefent a Hiftory agreeable to 
 the Infcription. In the Middle is a Tripos 
 of a yery curious and peculiar Form, fup- 
 ported by three Feet, with three Projec- 
 tions, one above another -, on the uppermofl: 
 pf which is the Patera, The dedicating 
 
 of 
 
J« Wilton-House. *37 
 
 of a Tripos, was an ufual Expreffion of 
 Thanks to the Deity, among the Antients ; 
 and accordingly this (with the Infcription 
 above) is the Expreffion of the Father's 
 Thanks to Jupiter, who is here reprefented 
 fitting in a Chair, with his Head bound 
 with a Diadem, and an Eagle, not held, 
 but refting en the Palm of his Hand, as 
 ready to go and come at Command. The 
 other Figure reprefents a Libation made by 
 the Son, who wafhes his Hands in a Bowl 
 fet on the Tripos of the common Form* 
 
 The Bufto of Julia M^esa, Mother of 
 Heliogabalus, 
 
 An Alto Relievo ; mewing the antient 
 Manner of Eating : Here Jupiter, attended 
 by Pallas, is ferved by Hebe, — Mr. C aft el 
 has engraved this in his Book of the Villas 
 of the Antients. 
 
 The Bufto of Octavia the Elder. 
 
 The Front of Meleager's Tomb, cut 
 off from the reft, of fine Greek Marble ; 
 with thirteen Figures, befides a Dog, and 
 
 a Boar's 
 
138 A Defcription of the Curiofitief 
 
 a Boar's Head. The Fable here reprefented 
 is as follows :— At his Birth, the Fates left 
 a Billet in the Chamber, with an AfTurance 
 the Boy fhould live as long as that remained 
 unconfumed. The Mother carefully pre- 
 ferved a Pledge on which fo much depended. 
 It happened that his Father, King of Mtolia, 
 in offering Sacrifices to the rural Deities, 
 had forgot Diana. The Goddefs was not 
 of a Character to put up fuch a Neglect ; 
 but fent a huge wild Boar into his Lands, 
 who laid every Thing wafte before him. 
 Meleager, with Thefeus, and the Virgin Ata- 
 lanta, undertook to encounter it. The 
 Virgin gave the Monfler the firfl Wound, 
 and Meleager, who killed it, prefented her 
 the Head, which his Uncles, by his Mother's 
 Side, attempted to take from her. Me/eager 
 oppofing them, flew them in the Conflict. 
 His Mother, enraged by the Death of her 
 Brothers, threw the fatal Billet into the 
 Flames -, and Meleager, inftantly feized with 
 aconfuming Difeafe, expired, as foon as it 
 was burnt.— That which Montfaucon copied 
 from Mafei has three Perfons lefs than this 
 has, and wants the Quarrel at the Begin- 
 ning, with the Boar's Head. 
 
 A 
 
In Wilton-House. 139 
 
 A fmall Frieze from the Temple of 
 Neptune; four Tritons, and four Nereids, 
 
 Two Men ; one of them (landing, the 
 other fitting ; their right Hands joined to- 
 gether, as bidding a happy Adieu to each 
 other. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. A Child ftealing Meat 
 from an Altar, through an Idol's Mouth. 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Venus, wringing the 
 Water out of her Hair. — The following 
 Verfe is cut on the Relief; 
 Nuda Venus madidas exprimit imbre Comas, 
 
 An Alto Relievo. Silenus drunk. Boys 
 binding his Arms and Legs with Vine- 
 Twifts ; JEgle painting his Face with a 
 Mulberry : There are fixteen Figures, be- 
 iides an Horfe. 
 
 — — — Two Satyrs, on the Ground, 
 Stretch* d at his Eafe, their Sire Silenus found; 
 Dos'd with his Fumes, and heavy with his Load, 
 They found him Jnoring in his dark Abode, 
 And feiz y d with youthful Arms, the drunken God, 
 His rojy Wreath was drop not long before, 
 Borne by the Tide of Wine, and floating on the Floor; 
 
 His 
 
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140 A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 His empty Can, with Ears half worn away, 
 Was hung on high, to boafl the Triumph of the Day. 
 Invaded thus, for want of better Bands, 
 His Garlands they unftring, and bind his Hands 5 
 For by the fraudful God deluded long, 
 They now refolve to have the promised Song. 
 iEgle came in to make their Party good, 
 The fairefi Nais of the neighbouring Flood ; 
 And, while he flares around with ftupid Eyes, 
 His Brows with Berries, and his Temples dies j 
 Fie finds the Fraud, and. with a Smile demands, 
 On what Defign the Boys had bound his Hands. 
 Loofe me, he cry'd, 'tzvas Impudence to find 
 A fieeping God, — 'tis Sacrilege to bind. 
 
 Dryden.'s Virgil, Eel. 6. 
 
 Cleopatra, with the Afp in a covered 
 Vafe : She is here reprefented as having it 
 ready, but does not fhew it.— The follow- 
 ing is cut on the Marble : 
 
 Vivitur infarnis moritur Cleopatra decore. 
 
 Upon a grey Granite Table, commonly called 
 Moor Stone, Jrom the Moors in Devonfhire, 
 
 A very high Alto Relievo of Marcus 
 
 Aurelius, and Faustina, as big as the 
 
 Life. 
 
 A 
 
In Wilton-House. 141 
 
 A Sarcophagus. In a Round in the 
 Front, is the Bufto of a Man : It is re- 
 markable, 1. That the Phyfiognomy by 
 the Sculptor is unfinished ; as they pur- 
 pofely did, to fhew that Man could not hit 
 the Likenefs of the Splendor they appear'd 
 in, after they were defcended to the Elyfium. 
 
 2. This has the Ornaments of two Cornu- 
 copia's, to fhe*w the Plenty of Fruits, &c. 
 which they enjoy in the Elyfian Fields. 
 
 3. The right Hand appears with the two 
 Fingers fartheft from the Thumb depreiVd, 
 or debas'd, holding up the Thumb, and 
 the other two Fingers -, as, was the antient 
 Cuftom, when they faluted others, and wifh- 
 ed them Happinefs, as he is here fuppofed 
 to do, at his dying. 4. This is alfo diflin- 
 guifhed by a little Rifing in the Bottom at 
 the Head, to (hew that it was to lay in the 
 Body whole. It is defcribed by Sahini, 
 Table 9. 
 
 Upon this Tomb is Sesostris : The 
 Head is of red Egyptian Granite ; the Buft 
 Part, of the white Egyptian Granite ; the 
 Head is adorned with a Tiara, after the E- 
 gyptian Form, and has a peculiar Livelinefs. 
 It was found amongft the Pyramids. 
 
 A 
 
142 A Defer iption of the Curiofities 
 
 A black Marble Table -, 1 1 Feet 9 Inches 
 long, 4 Feet 2 Inches wide, and 4 Inches 
 thick. Upon it is the Bufto of Geta, Bro- 
 ther to Caracal/a, 
 
 PASSAGE 
 
 T O 
 
 The New Billiard-Room- 
 
 G 
 
 ILEOPATRA, with Cafario, her Son 
 by fulius Cafar, very naturally fucking on 
 her Lap. Her Seat is an Egyptian Improve- 
 ment for Softnefs, fo as to fit higher or 
 lower, as they pleafed. The Bottom is a 
 Layer like fhort Bolfters ; the next over 
 them crofs the contrary Way -, and fo on to 
 the Height which they would fit. Her Pof- 
 ture is very natural, and her Locks hang 
 gracefully on her Shoulders. Auguftus kil- 
 led Cafario by the Advice of Arius, the 
 Philofopher, from too politic aReafon. 
 
 Non ejfe probandam multitudinem Cafarum. 
 
 The 
 
In WiltoNi-House. 143 
 
 The Statue of Manilla Scant ill a, 
 Wife of Didius. 
 
 The Bufto of Lysias, the Orator; of 
 whom Cicero gives this Commendation : 
 
 VenuftiJJlmus Scriptor ac politiffimus, & alter 
 pere Demoftbenes. 
 
 The Bufto of Themistocles. 
 The Bufto of Terentius. 
 The Bufto of Posidonius. 
 
 Over the Doors. 
 
 A Bifrons of an old Man and Woman. 
 
 A Bifrons of two young Women ; their 
 Countenances are different, as well as their 
 curled Locks; one has a Diadem ; the other, 
 a triple Contexture of her Hair, elegantly 
 tied. 
 
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144 <A Defcription of the Curiofities 
 
 V/V V* V V"V V "V V V V W V*"'-- ^'V'V'S f\ AA s\ ..'• V V'--. ••" 
 • VA/ \s sJ \ A. .' V5k/ V* V V V VV\AAAA.A.AAA?v\ 
 
 N E W 
 BILLIARD ROOM. 
 
 Over the Chimney, 
 
 jt\ Bifrons of Cecrops and his Wife; in 
 Memory of inftituting Marriage : Leaves 
 of Sea- Weed on his Beard, in Memory of 
 his coming by Sea from Egypt. 
 
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 IN THE 
 
 LITTLE LOBBY. 
 
 T. 
 
 H E Model of a Seventy-Gun Ship, 
 call'd the Old Hampton-Court v 
 
 
 Id 
 
In W I L T O N - H U"S E. X4£ 
 
 In the BUGLE ROOM 
 
 On the Railing, 
 
 JL H E Bufto of Lucius Vitellius 
 Pater. 
 
 The Bufto of Galea, 
 
 In two Niches* 
 The Bufto of Olympias. 
 The Bufto of Collatinus. 
 
 On a Marble Table. 
 
 The Bufto of Cjesonia, fourth Wife 
 of Caligula -, of tranfparent Alabafter. 
 
 IN THE 
 
 Paflage leading to the CofFee-Room, 
 
 1 HE Bufto of Temolus, upon a Ta- 
 ble ftain'd with Figures and Landfkips. 
 
 L MANAGE 
 
14& A Defcription of the- Curlofities 
 
 XW /vywywyvvvwyyvyvyvY 
 
 MANAGE ROOM. 
 
 HP 
 
 X. H E Picture of Baron de Eisenberg, 
 R id ing-M after to Francis I. Emperor of 
 Germany* By Himfelf. 
 
 A Council of Horfes. By Simoninu 
 
 All the Attitudes of Manae'd Horfes. in 
 Water Colours. By Baron de Eifenberg* 
 
 Over the Chimney, 
 The Bufto of Heraclitus. 
 
 Lady PEMBROKE'S 
 
 Winter Dressxng-Room. 
 
 A 
 
 STATUE of Cupid, with a Phry- 
 gian Bonnet ; his Hands tied behind him. 
 From this Statue we may obferve, that be- 
 fore Sculptors were numerous in Greece, there 
 were fome good Pieces executed. The lit- 
 tle 
 
. /« , WlLTON-HoUSE,, I47 
 
 tie God mews in his Countenance, a Senfi- 
 bility of his Condition, though by no Means 
 a Sullennefs : He has no Wings, as the 
 Antients had no Notion of the Inconftancy 
 of Love. 
 
 An Alto Relievo of the prefent Earl of 
 Pembroke, when ten Years old. 
 
 By Scbeemaker. 
 
 The Bufto of Poppjea, Nero's fecon d 
 Wife : Her right Hand is holding up Part 
 of -her- Garment. The Plaiting and Drefs 
 of the Hair very lingular. 
 
 A Pidture of Lord Herbert. 
 
 By Brompton, 
 
 
 L 2 PICTURES 
 
148 A Defcription of the Cufiofities 
 
 PICTURES and BUSTOS 
 
 I N 
 
 My Lord's Drefling-Room. 
 
 Begin on your Right-Hand. 
 
 JLJOGS, very fine. By Snyder, 
 
 A Copy of Lord Chatham's Picture. 
 
 By Brompton. 
 
 The Woman caught in Adultery. 
 
 By Gennarim 
 
 Three Pidhires, viz. Lord Pembroke, 
 Lord Herbert, other Figures, and Horfes. 
 
 By Morrier. 
 
 General Paoli ; with Corfican Soldiers, 
 and his favourite Dog, Qufacco* 
 
 By Vincenzino. 
 
 A Polifh Gentleman, Hawking. 
 
 "By Vanfomer» 
 St. Coppertini, 
 
In Wilton-House. 149 
 
 A Miracle. By Vincenzino* 
 
 A favourite DocJ. By Van Reiffchoot, 
 
 General Paoli; By Vlncenzino m 
 
 The Bufto of Annius Verus; 
 
 hi the C/ofet. 
 The Build of PlautillA. 
 
 
 Lady PEMBROKE 's 
 
 Summer Dressing-Room. 
 
 T, 
 
 H E painted Glafs in the Gothic Win- 
 dow, is by Price > to whom the Parliament 
 granted 5000I. for having difcover'd this old 
 Method of flaining Glafs; but he did not 
 receive this Reward, as he died a fhort Time 
 before the intended Day of Payment. 
 
 Over the Door, 
 A Bufto of a young Cupid. 
 
 finis. 
 
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