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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

Technique

Drawing
Etching (Printing Process)

Dimensions

Height: 272mm
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.

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.'