'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎410] (463/562)

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*759* by any of the ancient fculptors, but in black marble. Here was alfo the
■' famous ftatue of the Roman flave, liftning, and whetting his knife, which
is held in high eftimation.
dpollo and five other deities in bronze, by John of Bologna.
A Venus in porphyry.
A large fawn in marble.
Another fine marble ftatue of what is called the " two wreftlers."
An Hermaphrodite lying afleep on its fide, but in fuch a manner as to
partly difcover the male parts. The large breafts and hips declare aHb its
feminine participation.—This ftatue was made after that celebrated one in
the Villa Borghefe.
A Priapus \ four feet in length, and three feet one inch in circumference.
Around this ftrange and obfcene figure, the twelve conftellations are
reprefented.
A Roman conful fitting.—This is the ftatue taken notice of by Mr.
Addifon, as having the large ring upon his- finger-, which, he tells you,
i^minded him of Juvenal's expreflion. " majoris pondera gemmas."
A Jupiter tonans.
A buft of Euripides, the famous Greek tragic poet;
Three marble bufts of Homer, found in Leghorn road.
A fatyr, by Michael Angela, not quite finifhed.
Three pretty babes afleep, and refting their heads upon one another.
Over the door is a moft excellent buft of Oliver Cromwell, in plaifterof.'
Paris ; from , which many copies have- been taken.
Another very remarkable ftatue in this collection, is the juftly celebrated
Venus of Me diets, fo called from its being in the pofleflion of that family,
of whofe incomparable beauty of lhape, air, and pofture, fo much has been
laid by all travellers. She is here ftiled " Venus Viftrix" to diftingui(h»
her from two other Venus's which ftand near her. One of thefe is called i
" Venus marina" the, other "Venus ccelejiis j" and both have a covering
round the waift: the firft is quite naked*
In this room you are alfo ihewn a great, variety of excellent paintings:
fuch as John the Baptijl, by Raphael ; he has a tyger's fkin about the
waift, and is fuppofed to be in the wildernefs *, he is painted very young,
not more than fixteen or feventeen years of age.—Lord Southwell* and Martin,
Luther, by Holbein.
Two much admired paintings by 'Titian. One of them is a portrait of
his own wife, whom he has drawn at full length, lying on a bfed, and
naked as fhe came into the world.. The other^ is of'a moft beautiful girl,,
a favourite miftrefs of a great duke, who is alfo painted quite naked.. The
portrait of !Titian's wife feems to be alive, and is as finiflied a piece of the
painter's art, as the Venus of Medicis is of the fculptor's.—Many copies both
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