A Woman Sitting on a Bench
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Measurements
98 mm (H)108 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872976
Summary
Pencil drawing on paper (figure drawing); a female nude sitting on a bench, the head to the right side of drawing, the upper part of her body almost frontal to the spectator, only her legs covered by a veil, her right arm on the bench, the left one on her left knee, holding some leaves or twigs; behind the figure; tight hatching, on the sides vertical lines.
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