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His counte \/ =nance resembles the Scipio Family & answers in dress \/ to a description of Scipio Nasica quoted by Ferrarius \/ de re Vestiaria \/ The figure of Juno has an air of sublime dignity, \/ the original is in the Capitol. \/ The Achilles which faces the Minerva, as an example of heroic strength in grand and decided \/ form_ this statue was in the Borghese Villa, it is now in \/ Paris with the whole of that collection which once belonged \/ to the Borghese Family. \/ The Group commonly named Papirius & his mother \/ but much more likely to be Electra & Orestes, or Penelope & \/ Telemacus, of a pure style & natural sentiment. 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We shall now notice 11 Statues in one paragraph \/ as being one family, they are Mnemosyne the mother of[deleted] her \/ daughters the 9 Muses & Apollo their leader_ Thalia \/ has the beauty of early youth in modesty, Melpomene \/ is known by an heroic attitude similar to Egeus the father \/ of Theseus or Jason, Enterpe is distinguished by a regal \/ grace_ Calliope & Clio by Doric simplicity & mental occu \/ =pation in bodily rest, Apollo the leader of the Muses in \/ this series is known for a celebrated statue among the \/ ancients by some reverse of Nero's Coins. \/ Besides the purposes of study for which these Statues \/ are highly valuable in a school of Design, their presence \/ has converted the Councel[sic] Chamber into an Homeric \/ Olympus where none approach without the mingled sen \/ =timent of delight & awe! \/ In the Plaster Academy is the group of Pylades & Orestes \/ Offering Sacrifice, the statue of Germanicus delivering \/ an oration, \/ The Collossal Barberini Faun, remarkable for the \/ fierce, elastic forms of muscle & tendon proper to the moun \/ =tainous & Sylvan habits of the race. \/ These cursory notices shall be closed with the Diana \/ discharging an arrow from the original marble in the \/ Gallery of Paris, this beautiful & interesting statue \/ has long been the rightful property of the French Monarchs, \/ it has been considered by some learned men & professional \/ judges, as resembling the Apollo Belvidere in countenance \/ & general character to a degree that may warrant an opinion \/ the are"}]}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"acquisition":[{"agents":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-153239","uid":"adlib-agent-153239","uuid":"d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec"},"summary_title":"Murray, Charles Fairfax"}],"date":[{"earliest":1916,"latest":1912,"value":"1916-12"}],"method":{"value":"given"}}],"creation":[{"maker":[{"@link":{"qualifier":"?","role":[{"value":"draughtsman"}],"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-45771","uid":"adlib-agent-45771","uuid":"b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3"},"summary_title":"Flaxman, John"}],"note":[{"value":"Possibly not Flaxman's hand (see watermark and date of death of artist)."}]}]},"medium":[{"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-32656","uid":"adlib-term-32656","uuid":"71b38be4-d251-39f7-8e2d-a0df2dd6e135"},"summary_title":"ink"}}]}],"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}}],"objects":[{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-41076","uid":"adlib-object-41076","uuid":"93a20393-de53-3900-89a9-8cc330a8c862"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"school_or_style":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-9168","uid":"adlib-term-9168","uuid":"6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f"},"summary_title":"British"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}},"summary_title":"sketchbook","techniques":[{"description":[{"value":"pen and ink on ruled paper"}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-27007","uid":"adlib-term-27007","uuid":"326f020c-e0a2-3e7f-8f96-c7ad94fe8767"},"summary_title":"handwriting"}}],"title":[{"value":"'Introduction', continued"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}