Three figures in Antique Dresses
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
210 mm (H)212 mm (H)272 mm (W)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872662
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing) (tracings?); three standing figures in antique dresses, the head of all figures turned into the profiles, while the bodies are turned in various direction as in the style of Grecian vase painting; left a woman, looking right, inclined to the front [?], her left foot on a stone, holding with her left hand a plate, while taking a vase with her right; next right; a young man, almost nude with a cape on the shoulders and a shepherd's hat, looking right, holding a staff in his hands; the third, on right side with a large cape, holding arms, a lance and a bow, which is unfinished
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