The Boy and the Girl
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Chalk, Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
450 mm (H)281 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872709
Summary
Chalk and pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); a boy and a girl standing in front of a huge column, both dressed in the style of Rubens or van Dyck or their period; the boy in black, with a larger hat, standing very elegantly with the legs crossed, the right hand in his hips, looking frontal to the spectator, he is holding his left arm around the shoulder of the younger girl who, a pencil in her hand, is turned to the left side of the picture as making a step.
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