Drawings Roman statue of Cupid, at Wilton House
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.63
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: 272mm
Width: 186mm
Width: 186mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
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Cupid breaking his Bow when he Married Psyche big as Life, by Cleomenes, E. of Pembroke's.
Cupid breaking his Bow when he Married Psyche big as Life, by Cleomenes, E. of Pembroke's.
Inscription content
C Creed f.
References
Reference (free text)
Charles Newton, Notes on the Sculptures at Wilton House (London: John Murray, 1849), pp. 19-20, cat. no. 124.
The statue is described by Newton as 'Cupid bending his bow. Probably a copy of the celebrated Cupid of Praxiteles, which he preferred to all his other works. Many repetitions of this figure exist...The wings, arms, and the legs of the Wilton statue are restored.'