Flying Putti, holding Various Instruments
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
263 mm (H)210 mm (W)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872938
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); four full figure flying winged boys and the upper part of the body of another one in slightly smaller size, hidden behind a cloud; the first one on the left upper part of sheet holding a huge, two-tined fork, the second on the right with panpipes, the one below the first on the left holding up a stick with grapes and leaves of wine up in the air before him, and the forth the angled arrow of Amour behind his neck.
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