30 ANTIQUE PASTE CAMEO, FOUND AT

M itl) spear on shouKlcr ; also by tlie medallions sti-iick in liis li..nour. o-ivino; him theactnal title of IlPili: ; on all of which his head appears Avith the s])ort, close-chistering curls of the Thessalian hero. But to descend to sober reality, if anyone capable of judging of likenesses will refer to the plaster-cast of the " Gemma Augustca" (the noted 'ienna cameo repre- senting the Family of Augustus"), he will at the first glance recognise the same bust (identical in pose, chcvclarc, and benign ex[>ression) as belonging to the woman seatetl on the ground with her two little boys standing by her, on the left hand of the Emperor. She is hoiding up a cornucopia, and wears round her neck a heart-shaped hulla. As to her personality, there can, in this composition, be no room for doubt ; she s Antonia, daughter of M. Antony and Octavia, niece to Augustus, and Avife of the hero of the scene, his beloved step-son, Drusus ; Avhilst her two children aie the afterwards so famous Ger- manicus, and the Emperor Claudius. Again, let the same ci-itic minutely examine the head of the same princess on the rorcrsr of the beautiful gold medal' struck in her honour by cither her grandson or son (where slie is figured under the I'orni of Crrcs JjCififrra, holding the long flambeau and cor- nucopia of the beneficent goddess, with her head in the same pose as in the cameo just quoted), and he will feel his liist imi>ression convei-ted into certainty. Or, if further evidence be wanted, let him compare the fine iM.'uiborough cameo (figured in Raspe's Catalogue at No. 1125(5, but there mis- called an Agrippina). M'here also Antonia apjicars with the attributes of Cei-es, and he will discovei", one mii:ht almost say, the actual cameo upon whicli the |)aste we are consider- ing was moulded. Lastly, if noiu.' of tliese means offi)i'ming a judgment be at hand, let him but cast his eyes u])()n the hnx'ly Townlcy" Clytie rising frniii tlie siinllMwer " (to retain the familiar name), now yd d<'sei-vedly popular through its eh-'gant rahicdon in rariaii. and he will iinniediately I'eeog- Iiiso the head on the Axclodiniuiii lelic in ihe mail'le Imst that deifii'S the same virtuous lady as an Isis rejiosiiig on her lotus flower. Antonia's claims to sueh eleinity of fame were well- ' (»f wlii'li ftii ft.linini»il<! cv.|i|mT|.1iiI.', • A vrry (■<.rr«ct ilmwiiiK' of it, nnK- 111.- nrttial Mi/<-, ?niy h.» h<-..ii in Monlfmi iiin<'<l to hln.w t.li.- «l.-liiil«. will hi- foiiinl ...im ((•"«'«*■ work; ultMJ, copiiwl more re in Hi" rciiiiy Cyclopxtlifi, .iiti<lo 'An < -iilly. ill Kriiiiiw'it " I'>rguU;Ic»." t«iniii,"