Lot 157: Maidenhood, after Edgar G Papworth Jnr, Copeland,

Maidenhood, after Edgar G Papworth Jnr, Copeland, circa 1861, the standing maiden gazing pensively downwards, on a textured and titled circular base, impressed "Copeland J", 55.3cm high See illustration A similar figure is illustrated in Copeland (Robert): Parian Copeland's Statuary Porcelain, S99, pg.154. This figure was inspired by Longfellow's poem of the same name. The original marble statue was exhibited at the 1860 Royal Academy. Beneath the base of early examples, a verse of Longfellow's poem was printed; Standing with reluctant feet/Where the brook and river meet/Womanhood and childhood fleet. Gazing with a timid glance/On the brooklets swift advance/On the river's broad expanse.