 The Enlightenment Gallery - Room 1 of the British Museum laid out as the study of a collector during the age of Enlightenment |
 The Enlightenment Gallery is divided into seven sections that explore the seven major new disciplines of the age |
 Religion & ritual, Trade & discovery, Archaeology, Art history, Classification, Decipherment of ancient scripts, Natural History |
 Ganumede with the eagle of Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
 Ganumede with the eagle of Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
 Faun with infant Bacchus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
 Case of phallus related objects from ancient Greece and Rome |
 Erect Roman bronze wind-chime, Enlightenment Gallery, British Museum |
 Disk carved with magical symbols associated with the Elizabethan magicial Dr. John Dee (1527-1608) |
 Carved stone figures of the Hindu gods of India |
 Monju, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom |
 Chinese porcelin figures of Chinese gods |
 Porcelin Guanyin |
 Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
 Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
 Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
 Ancient Greek coins |
 Discophorus, 2nd C. Roman copy of Greek original attributed to Naukydes, found at Tivoli |
 Ancient Dionysus statue restored as Apollo by Carlo Albacini in the 18th C. |
 The Piranesi Vase, 18th C. incorporating Roman fragments from the 2nd C. AD |
 Satyr on an ancient fragment incorporated into the Piranesi Vase |
 Satyr on the Piranesi Vase, Englightenment Gallery |
 The Piranesi Vase is made of fragments from Tivoli |
 Hermes Farnese, 2nd C. Roman copy of 4th C. BC Greek original from the school of Praxiteles |
 Rondanini Faun dancing with cymbals, Roman 2nd C. |
 Rondanini Faun (satyr) dancing with cymbals, 2nd C. Roman restored in the 17th C. |
 Englightenment galllery with the Rondanini Faun |
 Satyr - Roman copy of a Greek original by Praxiteles |
 Satyr - Roman copy of a Greek original by Praxiteles |
 An excellent gallery... |
 Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library, British Museum |