Drawings Roman statue of Venus and Cupid
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.116
Artist/Designer/Maker
Jenkins, Thomas - Artist
Production date
1758
1759
1759
Production place
Rome (city)
Material
paper
pencil
pen
ink
pencil
pen
ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 445mm
Width: 282mm
Width: 282mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Tho. Jenkins Romæ delin. 1759.
Inscription content
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.