Poultry girl (after James Holmes)
Frances Parker, Countess of Morley (Wymondham 1782 - ?Saltram 1857)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1830 - 1857
Materials
Paper,watercolour paint,giltwood and glass
Measurements
406 x 279 mm (16 x 11 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872203
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Poultry Girl (after James Holmes) by Frances Talbot, Countess of Morley (Wymondham 1782 - ?Saltram 1857). A county girl, full-length, turned to the left, facing, carrying a basket on her left arm, with a hen protecting her chicks at her feet and a dovecote on the right.
Provenance
Given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Makers and roles
Frances Parker, Countess of Morley (Wymondham 1782 - ?Saltram 1857), artist after James Holmes (Burslem 1777 – London 1860), artist