West Indian Little Black Monkey with Birds, Butterflies and Flowers
Sarah Lethieullier, Lady Fetherstonhaugh (d.1788)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1757
Materials
Watercolour on parchment
Measurements
420 x 510 mm
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138308.1
Summary
Watercolour on parchment, West Indian Little Black Monkey with Birds, Butterflies and Flowers by Sarah Lethieullier, Lady Fetherstonhaugh (1722-1788). Initialled and dated 1757. (From a set of five.) Carved gilt frame. A composition of flora and fauna specimens including a red-handed tamarin, a dead goldfinch and a sprig of fruiting cherry. The red-handed tamarin is copied from print by George Edwards (1694-1773) inscribed 'A Little Black Monkey brought from the West Indies by the Honorable Commodore Fitzroy LEE in the year 1747'.
Marks and inscriptions
y (initialled)
Makers and roles
Sarah Lethieullier, Lady Fetherstonhaugh (d.1788), artist
References
Conroy, Rachel, Women Artists and Designers at the National Trust, 2025, p, 17
