This female figure, along with its pair, accompanies a figure of Victory on the façade above the National Gallery’s West Entrance. They, and five related sculptures of female figures, are the work of the British neoclassical sculptor, Edward Hodges Baily. This pair of women do not carry any attributes, so it is hard to identify who they are.The National Gallery was established in 1824, occupying two sites on Pall Mall before it was opened to the public in its present location on Trafalgar Square by Queen Victoria on 9 April 1838. During the construction of the Trafalgar Square building, its architect, William Wilkins, was forced to use masonry and statuary recycled from other projects in a cost-cutting exercise imposed by the Government. This pair of female figures, and a winged pair now holding paintbrushes and palettes, which all now adorn the Gallery’s façade, were originally commissioned by George IV either for Marble Arch or Buckingham Palace.