The left foot of Mary Ann Viney-Evans, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield (1792-1872)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
5 x 5 in
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429107
Caption
On the desk in the Library at Hughenden is a marble copy of the foot of Mary Anne Disraeli, Benjamin's wife. Although this seems an unusual object today, copies of parts of the body were a popular form of Victorian ornament.
Summary
Sculpture, white marble, The left foot of Mary Ann Viney-Evans, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield (1792-1872)Marble sculpture of Lady Beaconsfield's left foot. On rectangular base.