Statue of Harmony

This demure beauty, in milk-white marble, once adorned a Roman temple folly in Somerset. The statue of Harmony, a representation of the Greek muse of Terpsichore, was commissioned to stand in the Temple of Harmony at Halswell House, near Bridgwater, where the work's patron, Sir Charles Kemys Tynte, created a romantic landscape on his estate at Goathurst. Harmony illustrates the growing influence of neo-classicism on the artist's work. The drapery patterns are refined and composed, giving the figure both poise and balance.