Excerpt from A Catalogue of Archaic Greek Sculpture, in the British MuseumBetween the foundation Of the British Museum in 1753 and the accession Of the Townley Collection in 1805, the collection Of sculpture made but slow progress. The first donor Of sculpture was Thomas Hollis (1 720 - 177 Of Corscombe, in Dorsetshire, a collector, and benefactor to several branches Of the Museum. In 1757 Hollis gave a collection Of antiquities, including several marbles, chie¿y small busts and inscriptions.4 In 1764 he gave a Greek relief, which cannot be identified, and in 1765 a marble head Of a Faun.In 1772 Matthew Duane (lawyer and antiquary, 1707 1785) joined in a gift Of sculptures with Thomas Tyr whitt (1 7 20 - 1 7 a scholar, who also bequeathed his library Of classical authors to the British Museum. The sculptures in question 5 were purchased by the donors at an auction in London, 6 in order that they might be put in a place Of safety.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.