Sphinx
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lead and Limestone
Measurements
1210 x 560 mm; 900 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872412.1
Summary
Sculpture, lead, Sphinx by John Cheere (1709 – London 1787). One of a pair of 18th century lead sphinxes mounted in front of the South Entrance to the Mansion House and subsequently moved to the Orangery c.1820 and by NT to outside the Garden Room.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1800 and thence by descent to Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley accepted by HM Treasury from his Executors in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty and transferred to NT in 1957
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor