The Dancers
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
186 mm (H)192 mm (H)318 mm (W)316 mm (W)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872655
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); five dancing persons, four man, one woman, she playing a double flute, the male figures almost nude, holding various objects in their hand, among other things a torch, an olive crown and veils; the head of all figures are turned into their profiles, while the bodies are turned in various direction as in the style of Grecian vase painting.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley
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Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist