The Townley Greyhounds Roman Statue Replica

This 3D printed replica of the roman statue The Townley Greyhounds. Townley's description; ‘A group of a Dog and a B---- about two feet high, found 1774 at Monte Cagniolo, along with another group nearly similar to this, which is placed in the Vatican Museum’ (TY 12/3: Library 4). Although Townley usually described the animals simply as ‘dogs’, they were (wrongly) characterised as ‘greyhounds’, once by Townley himself (The First Townley Inventory): Statues 33), by Hamilton (TY 7/351) and later by Ellis, Newton, and Smith. They have more recently been identified as salukis by Sir Terence Clark.Acquired from Hamilton in 1774. They seem to have been mentioned first in a fragmentary and undated note from Hamilton to Townley (TY 7/561): of the two pairs that had been found one would be required for the Pope but Townley would probably be able to have the other if he wanted it. This note is likely to have been written before the end of 1773 since by 7 January 1774 Hamilton made Townley a firm