Add MS 33960

Vol. III. (ff. 26). ROMAN ANTIQUITIES, viz. - i.-iii. Portions of bas-reliefs representing female figures in Græco-Roman archaistic style, probably tablets commemorative of choric victories. ff. 1-3. iv. Bas-relief in marble, half restored by the Roman sculptor Finelli [1799-1853], representing Cupid(?) with a lion in leash, from Rome. f. 4. v. Comic and tragic masks in relief, from Rome. f. 5. vi. Bronze statuette of Priapus, found near Rome. f. 6. vii. Bronze head of griffin, from Rome. f. 7. viii., ix. Bronze fibulae, bracelets, keys, etc., from Rome. ff. 8, 9. x-xii. Bronze helmets, swords, etc., from Naples, Viterbo, Rieti. ff. 10-12. xiii. Bronze heads of weapons from Tuscany, and flint knife found near Capua. f. 13. xiv. Primitive weapons of stone and bronze from Gravesend and Doagh, near Belfast. f. 14. xv. Bronze arrow-heads from Attica, flint arrow-head from tumulus of Marathon, flints from Italy and Scotland, and inscribed sling-bolts of lead from Athens and Perugia, etc. f 15. xvi. Terra-cotta statuette of female figure, found near Naples. f. 16. xvii. Terra-cotta plaque, representing winged male figure bearing wreath, from Puzzuoli. Another cast from the same mould is in the British Museum. f. 17. xviii. Terra-cotta tile and female heads, from Rome. f. 18. xix. Terra-cotta antifix, representing female head, from Rome. f. 19. xx. Terra-cotta pedestal, with heads in relief, from Ardea. f. 20. xxi. Ivory tesseræ, gladiatorial tickets, etc. One of the tickets bears the names of the consuls for B.C. 80 (cf. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. i. p. 195, no. 718), the other is a spurious imitation (ib., p. 201, bb). f. 21. xxii. Ivory bust. f. 22. xxiii. Engraved gem in plasma, from Rome. f. 23.

Court of Rome: Drawings of Roman antiquities, by E. Dodwell: circ. 1825-1827.

includes:

• f. 84 William Shield, composer: Letter to -: 1812.
• ff. 89, 100 Academy, Royal: Letters to, from J. Flaxman, on the plan for the erection of a Gallery of National Honour: 1800-1.