An Amazone, from Perugino
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
180 mm (H)179 mm (H)60 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872942
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); a standing female figure with long open hair, in an ancient Roman armour and a veil drapped around her body, holding an arrow, three-quarters profile lokking to the left.
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
bottom right; 'Perugino/ Perugia'
Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist