Drawings Roman statue of an Amazon, at Wilton House
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.62
Artist/Designer/Maker
Creed, Carey - Artist
Production date
Circa 1730
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Etching (Printing Process)
Etching (Printing Process)
Dimensions
Height: 271mm
Width: 210mm
Width: 210mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
2-
Queen of ye Amazons, big as Life, by Cleomenes, E. of Pembrokes.
Queen of ye Amazons, big as Life, by Cleomenes, E. of Pembrokes.
Inscription content
C.Creed f.
References
Reference (free text)
Charles Newton, Notes on the Sculptures at Wilton House (London: John Murray, 1849), p. 26, cat. no. 170.
The statue is described by Newton as 'An Amazon, kneeling on her right knee and defending herself against a horseman, of whom no trace remains but one of the hoofs of his horse behind the pelta or lunated shield of the Amazon...'