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A veined white Carrara marble statue, perhaps representing Spring, with a bird on her right shoulder. The Victorian subject is portrayed in the manner of much mid-nineteenth century romantic sculpture. She is wearing a cloth cap and her head is tilted to her right as she looks upon a pet bird which is perched upon her shoulder. She is lifting up her left arm in an effort to feed the bird. Her right hand clasps and lifts the folds of her classically inspired tunic to the centre and this may contain seeds (there has been some damage here). Her left leg is straight, the right slightly bent, and the whole is structurally re-enforced by a tree stump behind her left leg. This piece is possibly Italian.

It is raised on an English Ketton, or possibly Silsoe, stone pedestal.

English Heritage, Wrest Park

Silsoe

Title

Spring

Date

late 19th C

Medium

marble & stone

Accession number

88094602

Work type

Statue

English Heritage, Wrest Park

Silsoe, Bedfordshire MK45 4HR England

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