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Page 21 - Gifford. 9. OLIVER CROMWELL, by Walker. Bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart. , to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq. , then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself. 10. KING JAMES I. Presented by Mr. Cook. 11. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, "set. 42.
Page 34 - South America and more especially in the region of Buenos Ayres. A slight acquaintance with the bony framework of animals may enable the visitor to appreciate the enormous muscular power which this animal must have possessed ; the huge Mastodon near it must have been a comparatively feeble animal. The strength of the Megatherium is indicated by the form of the bones, and especially their tubercles and ridges, to which the muscles were attached. In the fore parts of the body the framework is comparatively...
Page 73 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris. On the one side, descending the slope, were fourteen horses, led by grooms ; on the other, ascending into the palace, were servitors bearing food for a hanquet.
Page 86 - ... discovered by Mr. W. Bankes, in a chamber of the temple of Abydos, in 1818. In the same part of the Gallery are placed some fine specimens of Egyptian painting, representing banqueting scenes, fowling, and other subjects of ordinary Egyptian life. NORTHERN VESTIBULE. In this apartment are placed the monuments of the first twelve dynasties of Egyptian monarchs. Though small in size, they have considerable interest, being the most ancient sculptures preserved in the Museum ; and they show that...
Page 69 - Munich, and there are casts from them in the British Museum. The subject of the eastern pediment appears to be the expedition of the...
Page 87 - ... confined to the priests, in whose hands it became so conventional, that the characters often bear less resemblance to the original objects than in the third form. Most of the existing papyri are written in this character. The third form is the "Demotic" (popular) or " Enchorial " (of the country), in which the language of the common people was written. It was, except in the few cases just noticed, a still more cursive modification of the hieroglyphics than in the hieratic; •writing. It was...
Page 73 - ... Tigris. On the one side, descending the slope, were fourteen horses, led by grooms ; on the other, ascending into the palace, were servitors bearing food for a banquet. The figures are somewhat smaller than life, designed with much freedom and truth, and, by comparison with the Panathenaic frieze in the Elgin Room, they may furnish a good point of view for estimating the capabilities and defects of Assyrian art No. 39, on which is seen a marshal or chamberlain with a staff, was originally placed,...
Page 73 - The slabs 34—43 are part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery leading by an inclined plane from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - Burgon, from purchases at the sales of the prince of Canino, M Durand, and others; and from excavations in Sicily, Rhodes, and on the sites of Greek colonies in Cyrene and elsewhere. 2. A miscellaneous collection of terra-cottas, mural paintings, and other objects.
Page 100 - The remains of the inhabitants of the British islands, previous to the Roman invasion, embrace the Stone, Bronze, and a portion of the Iron period of Northern Antiquaries. They have, for convenience, been classed according to their materials, and in the order corresponding to that of the supposed introduction of such materials into this country.