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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1237082, member: 5833"]My guess is the last, although whoever designed it may have seen some version of the Zenobian Sibyl (or maybe Palmyran Sibyl would be the right term). The late 1800s into the early 20th century saw these hardstone ladies. My personal generic term for them is 'noblewomen', a wealthier class of pretty lady. You never see 2 (not counting a matched set like this) that are quite identical in hair & clothes. Would guess that some are inspired by portraits of royalty/nobility, but have no reason to believe that most are intended to be anyone in particular.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And now you'll never forget. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1237082, member: 5833"]My guess is the last, although whoever designed it may have seen some version of the Zenobian Sibyl (or maybe Palmyran Sibyl would be the right term). The late 1800s into the early 20th century saw these hardstone ladies. My personal generic term for them is 'noblewomen', a wealthier class of pretty lady. You never see 2 (not counting a matched set like this) that are quite identical in hair & clothes. Would guess that some are inspired by portraits of royalty/nobility, but have no reason to believe that most are intended to be anyone in particular. And now you'll never forget. :)[/QUOTE]
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