Group of Six Statues 270m South of Wrest Park House

The group comprises six statues made of Italian Carrara white marble and set on Ketton stone pedestals, located approximately 270 metres south of Wrest Park House, near a Grade II listed sundial. The statue of Hebe, positioned northeast within the group, is a larger copy of an original by Bertel Thorvaldsen, a prominent sculptor working in Rome during the early 19th century. Hebe, the youthful cup bearer to the gods, is portrayed in classical dress, holding a dish in her left hand and an ewer in her right.

The easternmost statue is of a dancing bacchante, one of three figures depicted in a provocative, partially-dressed style. She wears an animal skin tunic with the fur facing inwards, tied at the waist with a bow. The skin drapes down her right side, exposing her breast, and she holds fabric away from her legs with her right hand. She holds a bunch of weathered grapes in her raised left arm, and cymbals rest between her feet.

The statue to the southeast is another female bacchante, also in a classically styled animal skin tunic, tied at the waist and paired with sandals. Her right leg is raised in a dancing pose, her head is tilted to the right, and her untied hair is decorated with a garland of leaves and grapes. She holds a tambourine in her left hand, which she beats with her right. A tree stump provides rear support.

The statue to the southwest depicts a Victorian subject, styled after mid-19th century romantic sculpture. She wears a cloth cap and her head is tilted right, looking at a bird perched on her shoulder. She raises her left arm to feed the bird, and her right hand lifts her tunic; this may have contained seeds. Her left leg is straight, and her right leg is slightly bent, with a tree stump reinforcing her left leg.

The statue to the west is the third female bacchante, again in a provocative animal skin tunic with the fur facing inwards and a belt at the waist. Her left arm is extended, holding a drinking vessel, while her right hand rests on an ewer. Her right leg is slightly forward, suggesting movement. Her hair, decorated with grapes, hangs down her shoulder, revealing her bared right breast.

The northwestern statue is Minerva, dressed in classical attire and wearing a helmet and breastplate bearing the head of Medusa. Her right arm was originally raised, likely holding a spear with a serpent at its heel. This is a copy of the Giustiniani original, now housed in the Vatican Museum.