The Praying Couple
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
210 mm (H)207 mm (H)206 mm (W)207 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872962
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); the profiles of two figures, a female on the left, and, bigger, more massive a male on the right, both of them being on their knees and praying, the woman dressed in a simple, dark, close dress an with an head scarf, looking to the right, the man, in a long coat, might be an ecclesiastical dress with a hood, looking 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 left; 'Domenico Ghirlandajo in S. Donato/ Firenze'
Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist