Harriet Hosmer portrayed Zenobia, a 3rd-century Queen of Palmyra (near present day Syria), as a prisoner of the Roman Empire. Although defeated, the queen possesses a regal bearing &amp; wears elaborate court dress, complete with diadem. In the legend, when Emperor Aurelian saw Zenobia&#x27;s dignity &amp; beauty while shackled, he freed her. Hosmer conveyed the exact qualities that led to Zenobia&#x27;s pardon. Hosmer carved Zenobia in 1859 &amp; exhibited it in 1862 at the Great London Exposition