An Old Man, and a Putto
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
112 mm (H)159 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872657
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); an old man with a lond beard, head-and-shoulders portrait, the head leaned on his right hand, eyes shut, as thinking, or sleeping; on the right side of the sheet; a standing putto, nude, looking to the left, an hand of an adult coming down to him which e[?], with both of his hands is taking.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist