The Tale of Cupid: The story of two Georges and a Pig (Chapter Two)
Simon Drew
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
2011 - 2012
Materials
Place of origin
Dartmouth
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348915.2
Summary
Pen and ink drawing by Simon Drew, featuring a caricature portrait of Emma Edgcumbe, George's wife, and bearing the inscription: 'Chapter Two: Concerning the Earl's wife'. With the rhyme: 'There was a mad lady called Emma / whose husband was in a dilemma / he'd tear at his wig / for his wife loved a pig / though not quite enough to condemn her'.
Makers and roles
Simon Drew, artist