Grand Tour Carved Alabaster Statue of Veiled Lady with Book 1860s drawing I love it as a

I love it as a figurative object

Sight: 15 3/4 square

7 3/16 x 5 15/16

albeit containing its original pewter canisters inside

Grand Tour Carved Alabaster Statue of Veiled Lady with Book 1860s drawing I love it as aThis one! (Forgive the poor photos, I find it so difficult to photograph near white.) I am pretty certain this veiled lady is Grand Tour Italian (meaning, essentially, made as a souvenir for young aristocrats of the 18th and 19th c. making cultural tours of Europe and collecting along the way.) Classically inspired carved Italian marble sculptures of veiled figures had become popular in the 18th century, in significant part as a means for sculptors to