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Drawings Roman statue of Venus and Cupid

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.116

Artist/Designer/Maker

Jenkins, Thomas - Artist

Production date

1758
1759

Production place

Rome (city)

Material

Paper
Pencil
Pen
Ink

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 445mm
Width: 282mm

Inscriptions

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Tho. Jenkins Romæ delin. 1759.

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Group of a Venus & Cupid found Anno 1758 at la Colonna, on the Estate of the Prince of Borghesia, a few Miles from Rome on the Via Labicana

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For the Society of Antiquaries in London

References

Reference (free text)

S Rowland Pierce, 'Thomas Jenkins in Rome: In the Light of Letters, Records, and Drawings at the Society of Antiquaries of London', Antiquaries Journal 45 (1965): 200-29. Illustration, a., drawing III, pl. LXI, between pp. 206 and 207.