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GEMS,
ENGRAVED BY
NATHANIEL MARCHANT.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. EDWARDS, PALL-MALL.
1792.
ADVERTISEMENT.
A
U ADVERTISEMENT.
How far the author of the works now offered to the public
piclure fent from Warfaw for the purpofe, are, of the many
he has executed, the only two which he has ventured to admit
into the prefent colle6lion. —To have introduced them all
The copies from the antique are rendered with all tlie fide-
made during his aftual refidence at Rome, and the tafte of tlie
I.
SPHINX.
CORNELIAN. CAMEO. JOHN SULIVAN, Efq.
ftored, and eredled at Monte Citorio, upon the fpot where flood
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II.
ISIS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. THOMAS BROOKE, Efq.
believed to reprefent Ifis from the flyle of the hair, and its
III.
ISIS.
CHALCEDONY. INTAGLIO. PRINCE PONIATOWSKI.
are not copied in the Intaglio. This ftatue was found near
the monument of Cecilia Metella (vulgarly called Capo di
IV.
JUPITER SERAPIS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. ROWLAND BURDON, Efq.
V.
JUNO.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. WILLIAM BURN, Efq.
of the head to the clavicle is about three feet five inches and
a half, from the tip of the ear to the end of the nofe near
feventeen inches.
VI.
JUNO.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. W. WILBERFORCE, Efq.
vn.
CASTOR.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. EARL SPENCER.
.Vaccuy No. X.
Till.
CASTOR.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Sir G. BEAUMONT, Bt.
IX.
POLLUX.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. CAV. GIULIANO, Noble Venetian.
X.
From one of the twelve figns of the zodiac, which are re-
prefented in baflb-rihevo, in the villa Albani.
XL
MINERVA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. CHARLES LONG, Efq.
XII.
MINERVA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rev. M. C. CRACHERODE.
From a coloffal head in the collection of Charles Town-
ley, Efq. This head was found near the high road leading
from Santa Maria Maggiore, to Santa Croce, in Gerufalemme.
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XIII.
ENDYMION.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. W. BECKFORD, Efq.
XIV.
APOLLO.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. J. COX HIPPISLEY, Efq.
From the head of the well known ftatue, which takes the
name of Belvedere, from its fituation in the Cortile of the
XVI.
MERCURY.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Sir T. BEAUCHAMP PROCTOR, Bt.
XVII.
MERCURY.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Count REVENTLAW.
From the admired ftatue vulgarly called Antinous, in the
Capo. X.
XVIII.
MERCURY.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. STUART WELDON, Eiq.
XIX.
XX.
A MUSE.
YELLOW CORNELL\N. INTAGLIO. Chevalier des TOURS.
From the head of a half ftatue, in the Mufeum Capitolinum.
XXI.
MELPOMENE.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Countefs SPENCER.
XXII.
ISIS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. JOHN CAMPBELL, Efq,
NIOB E.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO, Sir W. HAMILTON, K.B.
XXIV.
ETHODyEA, OR THERA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Vifc. St. ASAPH.
Eldeft daughter of Niobe, from the head of a ftatue belong-
XXV.
BACCHUS AND A BACCHANTE.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. G. H. FOOTE, Efq.
XXVI.
ARIADNE.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. T. W. COKE, Efq.
XXVII.
BACCHANTE.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. J. PUGH PRICE, Efq.
XXVIII.
BACCHANTE.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Countefs of PEMBROKE.
From a fmall baffo-rihevo in the Palace of the Villa
Borghefe.
XXIX.
BACCHANTE,
GIVING DRINK TO A YOUNG FAUN.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Sir W. WILLIAM WYNNE, Bt.
XXX.
BACCHANT and FAUN.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. J. TREVELYAN, Efq.
Plate 45.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
FAUN.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. MARK DAVIES, Efq.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
FARNESE HERCULES.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. ROPER HEAD, Efq.
No. 23), and the legs afterwards in the Tyber. Previous to its
della Porta, were taken off, and its own legs replaced. The
fuperior merit of ?hefe, and their connexion in ftyle of fculp-
Michael Angelo.*
* Era Guglielmo (fays Baglione) rifece le gambe con tanta maeftria che eflendofi
poi le antiche ritrovate, Michel Agnolo giudico, non doverfi mutare quelled! F. G.
per moftrare con quel rifarcimcnto fi degno aj mondo, che le opere della fcultura
XXXVI.
HERCULES.
SARDONYX. INTJGLIO. Vifcount St. ASAPH.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
HERCULES,
SUPPORTING THE VANQUISHED HiPPOLYTE.
HERCULES
SEIZING THE M^NALIAN HiND.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. G. J. CHOLMONDLEY, Efq.
XL.
VENUS.
ANTIQUE CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Sir W. HAMILTON, K. B,
XLI.
ADONIS.
CHALCEDONY. INTAGLIO. JOHN CAMPBELL, Efq.
mentinum. This ftatue was found four miles from the Porta
di S. Giovanni, in the Barberini Tenuta, or Eftate.
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XLII.
CUPID.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. D. of MARLBOROUGH.
XLIII.
XLIV.
XLV.
CUPID,
CARRYING Game upon a Pedum, said to be the
Genius of the Chace.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. R. PAYNE KNIGHT, Efq,
XLVI.
XLVII.
XLVIII.
A WOUNDED AMAZON,
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. H. G. QUIN, Efq.
ORIGINAL.
XLIX.
L E A N D E R,
ANTIQUE NICOLO. INTAGLIO. Vifcountefs MAYNARD.
ORIGINAL.
L.
ATALANTA.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. WILLIAM LOCK, Efq.
LI.
MEDUSA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. W. PALMER, Efq.
LII.
MEDUSA, Profile.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. OZIAS HUMPHRY, Efq.
LIII.
ACHILLES.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. J. TREVELYAN, Efq.
LIV.
LV.
PRIAM AT the feet of ACHILLES supplicating
THE redemption OF HECTOR'S BODY.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rev. F. H. EGERTON.
Achilles is reprefented fitting ; he turns away his face from
Priam, yet fuffers him to kifs his hand, and bathe it with his
LVI.
A J A X.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rev. W. SANDFORD.
Lvn.
DIOMEDES.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Vifcount DOWNE.
From a buft in the Mufeum-Pio Clementinum. This buft
was found in Adrian's Villa, near Tivoli.
LVIII.
LIX.
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. T. GRIMSTON, Efq,.
LX.
ALEXANDER.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Sir W. W. WYNNE, Bt.
Florence.
LXI.
ALEXANDER.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. MAHAGAN, Efq,
fee. 23,
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LXII.
ALEXANDER.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Earl of BEVERLEY.
From a fragment in Intaglio, on a Cornelian, in the cabinet
LXIII.
DEMOSTHENES.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rev. Air. KEARNEY.
From a fmall baffo-rilievo, in the polTeflion of the Earl of
Arti del Difegno preJJ'o gli Antichi, tomo it. p. 255, Italian
edition by Carlo Fea. The fculpture appears, by the ftyle, to
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LXIV.
SAPPHO.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Monfieur St. GERMAIN.
LXV.
EURIPIDES.
CORNELIAN. JNTAGUO. Count ROWZZAMOUSKI.
LXVI.
PERICLES.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rt. Hon. Sir R. WORSLEY, Bt.
LXVIL
LXVIII.
PHOCIOX.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. WILLIAM MILLS, Efq.
LXIX.
R O M E.
LXX.
LXXI.
JULIUS CESAR.
CORNELIAN INTAGLIO. Major General AINSLEY.
LXXII.
BRUTUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. T. J. FORTESCUE, Efq.
From a fmall filver coin in the cabinet of the Vatican libraiy.
LXXIII.
M. T. CICERO.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Vifcount DUNCANNON.
From a coloflal buft in the Mufeum Capitolinum.
LXXIV.
CLEOPATRA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. T. W. COKE, Efq.
LXXV.
AUGUSTUS.
CHALCEDONY. INTAGLIO. Earl of BRISTOL.
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LXXVI.
CALIGULA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Lord JOHN CLINTON.
From a buft in Bafaltes, in the Mufeum Capitolinum.
LXXVII.
A FEMALE FIGURE,
IN THE CHARACTER OF AGRIPPINA WEEPING
OVER AN URN.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Hon. Mrs. WELDON.
ORIGINAL.
LXXVIII.
TRAJAN.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Vifcount LANGFORD.
From a head in the Villa Albani. This head was found at
LXXIX.
A CONQUERED PROVINCE,
SUPPOSED TO BE DACIA.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. J. G. PERRIN, Efq.
LXXX.
ANTINOUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Countefs of HOLDERNESS.
From a coloflal head in the Villa Mondragone, above Frafcati.
This head appears to have more effeminacy than the other
reprefentations of Antinous. See Wmkelmann's defcription of
LXXXI.
ANTINOUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Duke of MARLBOROUGH.
From the head of a lefs than half figure in baflb-rilievo in the
Villa Albani ; the height is three feet nine inches and up-
LXXXII.
LXXXIII.
MARCUS AURELIUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Lord LUCAN.
LXXXIV.
FAUSTINA, WIFE TO MARCUS AURELIUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Earl of HARDWICKE.
From a buft in the Mufeum Capitolinum. This buft was
found in Adrian's Villa, near Tivoli.
LXXXV.
LUCIUS VERUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Lord LUCAN.
From a coloffal head in the Villa Borghefe, the fineft portrait
Italian edition, by Carlo Fea. Tomo ii. capo ii. p. 395. fee. 5.
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LXXXVI.
LXXXVII.
A ROMAN MATRON.
sardonyx. intaglio. Marquis of BUCKINGHAM.
From a flatue, fuppofed to reprefent that chara6ler, in the
LXXXVIII.
A NAVAL VICTORY.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Sir W. CUNNINGHAM, Bart.
LXXXIX.
A VICTORY.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. D. of MARLBOROUGH.
From part of a fmall Etrufcan baflb-rilievo, formerly in the
XC.
FORTUNE.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Count WORONZOW.
From a pi6lure painted by Guido Reni, in the Capitoline
Gallery of Pidures.
XCL
A HEADOF A FEMALE FIGURE,
DECORATING A TEMPLE WITH A GARLAND.
JACINTH. INTAGLIO. Lady C. CAMPBELL.
From a fmall baflb-rilievo, lately in the Villa Negroni,
now in the pofiefllon of John Campbell, Efq. aS^^ Winkle-
mann, Storia delle Arti del Difegfio, Italian edition, by Carlo Fea,
Tomo iii. p. 495. Tav. xviii.
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XCII.
AN ANGEL.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Vifcount BULKELEY.
St. SUSANNA.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. D. of MARLBOROUGH.
From the head of a ftatue, executed by Francis Quefnoy,
Loreto.
XCIV.
DANTE.
CORNELIAN. INTAGLIO. Coimtefs of ALBANY.
Partly taken from a buft, executed by Ghirlandaio, the mafter
XCVI.
XCVII.
XCVIII.
BRITANNIA sacrifising to ESCULAPIUS.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. QUEEN of GREAT BRITAIN.
ORIGINAL.
XCIX.
GENERAL WOLFE,
RECEIVING THE NEWS OF THE VICTORY AS HE WAS
EXPIRING.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Rt. Hon. Sir R. WORSLEY, Bart.
ORIGINAL.
c.
NYMPH.
SARDONYX. INTAGLIO. Countefs SPENCER.
From Orlando Furiofo, canto xxxv. ftanza 12.
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LA' A Comtefle
Duke of St. Alban's
d' Albany Marquis of Buckingham
Earl of Briftol, 4
B.
fets
Duke of Argyll Earl of Bute
Vifcount St. Afaph Countefs of Bute
Lord Audley Earl of Besfborough
Right Hon. H. Addington, Speaker of the Earl of Breadalbane
Houfe of Commons Lord Balgonie
Sir John St. Abyn, Bart. Lord Vifcount Bulkeley
Sir Edward Aftley, Bart. Vifcountefs Bayham
Lady Aftley Comte de Bruhl,
Jacob Henry Aftley, Efq. Sir George Beaumont, Bart. M. P.
Lieut. Col. Aftley Sir Francis Baflett, Bart. M.P.
Rev. Henry Aftley Right Hon. Col. Barre
H. Aflcew, Efq. Hon. Mrs. Barrington
T. P. Auriel, Efq. Henry Bankes, Efq. M. P.
John Arnold, Efq. Mrs. Bankes
Major Gen. Ainllic Rowland Burdon, Efq. M.P.
Mr. Jofeph Anfell Thomas Brooke, Efq. M.P,
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Vifcount Headfort K.
Lord Archibald Hamilton Richard Payne Knight, M. P.
Right Hon. Sir William Hamilton, K.B. Rev. Samuel Kelderbee
Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.
Mrs. Kerrick
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. Charles Kite, Efq.
Lady Hunlock
Rev. Mr. Holgate L.
John Hawkins, Efq. Marquis of Lanfdowne
Rev. William Holwell Marquis of Lome
William Hodges, Efq. R. A. Countefs of Lonfdale
Ozias Humphry, Efq. R. A. Vifcount Lewiftiam
Rev. Mr. Henley Lord Le Defpencer
Martin Holtze, of Middleburgh, in Zealand
Earl of Leicefter
J. Cox Hippefley, Efq. M. P. Lord Lucan
J.
Hyde, Efq. Lady Lucan
Gavin Hamilton, Efq. Lady Elizabeth Luttrell
R. B. Hodgfkinfon, Efq. Sir T. Lake, Bart.
William Hayley, Efq. Sir John Lawley, Bart. 2 fets
Sackville Hamilton, Efq. M.
Charles Long, Efq. P.
Edward Hamilton, Efq. William Lock, Efq. 2 fets
Thomas Hibbert, Efq.
Rev. Mr. Long
John Hayw^ood, Efq.
John Lewis, Efq.
Dr. Harrington
Rev. F. Leman
James Hatch, Efq.
John Latouche, Efq.
Harrington Hudfon, Efq.
Heneage Legge, Efq.
Bold. Fleetwood Hefketh, Efq.
Samuel Long, Efq. M. P.
Dodington Hunt, Efq.
Richard Langley, Efq.
Hugh Hoare, Efq.
George John Leigh, Efq.
John Hanbury, Efq. Monfieur Laborde, 2 fets
Edward Finch Hatton, Efq.
E. L. Loveden, Efq. M. P.
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Hon. Frederick North, M. P. H. G. Quin, Efq.
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Mr. C. I. Van Nefs, Lilton
It,
Henry Conftantine Nowell, Efq.
Mrs. Nefbitt Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. M. P.
Mr. Norton, Bookfeller, Briftol, 2 fets
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George Rofe, Efq. M.P.
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Earl of Plymouth
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Earl of Pembroke
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