The Tale of Cupid: The story of two Georges and a Pig (Chapter One)
Simon Drew
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
2011 - 2012
Materials
Place of origin
Dartmouth
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348915.1
Summary
Pen and ink drawing by Simon Drew, featuring a caricature portrait of George Edgcumbe (1721-95) and bearing the inscription: 'Chapter One: In which George 3rd Baron Edgcumbe shows us the Old Drawing Room. He is accompanied by two of his favourite spoons'. With the rhyme: 'I am George and I am your host / This is the room I use most / It's warm and inviting / and...when it's exciting / You might see a curly-tailed ghost'.
Makers and roles
Simon Drew, artist