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370 A POPULAR TREATISE ON GEMS.
column from Nineveh ; several slabs of the Lumachella marble, and a marble called verde di prato, were
exhibited from Tuscany, which were extremely beautiful. A bust of
Grattan, of Irish marble of a beautiful yellow color, attracted much
attention.
It
may not be out of place to mention here the extensive display of marble
statuary, which was also at the London Exhibition,—only a few will be
enumerated for want of space :
1. Marble statue representing Gratitude.
2. Group representing Eve with Cain and Abel asleep in her arms.
3. Marble statue of Susannah.
4. Iconic.statue in marble.
5. Marble statue of Eve after the Fall.
6. Marble statue representing the Greek Slave.
7. Marble group representing Cephalus and Procris.
8. Marble figure representing a Boy frightened by a Lizard.
9. Reclining figure, in marble, representing Ishmael.
10. Marble statue of a Boy catching a Butterfly; also, a marble figure representing Arethnsa.
11. Marble statue representing Giotto.
12. Marble statue of the sculptor Flaxman, and two statues of the first Lord Eldon, and his brother, -Lord Stowell.
13. Marble group of a Girl with a Lamb, representing Innocence.
14. Marble statue representing a Startled Nymph.
15. Marble figure of a Bacchante.
16. Marble statue of Dying Gladiator.
17.
Marble group representing an episode in the history of the war between
the Amazons and the Argonauts. 18. Marble statue of Psyche. ""
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