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A Plaster Portrait Bust of a Maiden in the Style of Clytie c.1870-1900 sub-Natural History a bird which came toOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 1900 Width: 20 Depth: 10 Height: 25 The Base: 9. 5 x 5. 5 (all at extremities) The well sized three quarter plaster bust of a lady or maiden, her hair in plats, modelled in the style of Clytie after the original Greco Roman marble in the Townley collection in the British Museum, with wear and weathering commensurate with age, scantily draped and cupped in ruffled leaves on an