Looseleaf portfolio of drawings and watercolour sketches by Margaret Parker (née Holford), 3rd Countess Morley. . Consists mostly of drawings of figures, many on tracing paper, copied (or traced) from reproductions of old masters, classical scuplture, etc, probably including at least one book on the history of costume.
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1860 - circa 1900
Materials
Place of origin
[not published]
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3041413
Summary
Bibliographic description
p. . fol.. Provenance: Presumably Margaret Holford (= Margaret Parker, 3rd Countess Morley.). Binding: Leather-covered portfolio, of folio sheets of plain paper in heavy binding with buckled straps and reinforcing strips over spine. Drawings held loose between the leaves.
Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)