In the form of a winged and youthful figure of a girl reading a book with text by Virgil, and wearing a star adorned cap and diaphanous tunic, seated on a red marble column with ormolu capital and base Signed 'A. CHARRON', numbered 5732, foundry mark 'BRONZE GARANTI AU TITRE C&L DEPOSEE' Plaque to base reading 'GENIE DES SCIENCES, PAR A. CHARRON, Salon des Beaux-Arts' The text inside the book reading 'Le travail peut avoir pour objet des choses infimes, mais la gloire qui en est le fruit n'est pas petite' , directly translating to 'The work can have tiny things as a focus, but the glory of which it results is not small'.