A Copeland Parian figure of Paul mid 19th century

A Copeland Parian figure of Paul mid 19th century, leaning against a tree stump with an axe in one hand, his straw hat containing a bird's nest in the other, 36cm. Paul and Virginia is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernadin de Saint-Pierre, which tells the tragic tale of two children who grow up on a paradise island, entirely governed by nature's laws, and are then corrupted by society with tragic consequences.