Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, pp. 215-9

Overall in fair condition with the usual tarnishing and minor scratches to gilt bronze consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. Dirt has amassed in the crevices. The surface is lacquered. Pitting to the surface. Oxidation around base and the lyre. The lyre is lacking two string keys. One laurel leaf to her wreath is cracked owing most probably to a previous fall.
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