THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM DISPLAY PEDESTAL FOR HIRAM POWER'S 'EVE DISCONSOLATE' BUST PROBABLY ITALIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY Inscribed MARBLE BUS. EVE DISCONSOLATE. by HIRAM POWERS American sculptor (B.1805; d.1873). GIVEN BY MRS HELEN POTTER 127-1906, octagonal base also with acquisition number the column 30cm diameter, 116cm high overall, base 45cm wideHiram Power's Eve Disconsolate sculpture is recorded as being the gift of Mrs Helen Potter and recorded as being gifted to the museum in 1906 (ACCESSION NUMBER 127-1906). According to the V&A records the bust was a copy executed by Powers in the third quarter of the 19th century in Italy. This column was probably created at roughly the same time and formed part of the gift.