Meleager
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1900 - 1925
Materials
Cast Cement
Measurements
Sculpture
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769143
Summary
Cast cement, on a cylindrical base. Appearnace of Portland Limestone or similar. A statue of Meleager with his hunting dog. Male figure with weight borne on right leg, left leg crossed behind. Left arm behind left hip holding horn and drapery. Drapery falls to the rear forming structural support. Dog sits to right side looking up at master. His right hand on the hound's head. Meleager, early 20th-century. Moulded plinth sunk into the ground, simple die drum block. Orientation faces towards the house (east).
Provenance
Garden furniture and decoration left to the Trust by Maud Russell