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Drawings Roman statue of Hercules, at Wilton House

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.66

Artist/Designer/Maker

Creed, Carey - Artist

Production date

Circa 1730

Material

Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink

Technique

Drawing
Etching (Printing Process)

Dimensions

Height: 275mm
Width: 190mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

6-
Coloss of Hercules, six attic Cubits high, 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), p. 27. This statue was the one in the entrance hall at Wilton House, described by Newton as 'A colossal Hercules, holding in his right hand a club, in his left the apples of the Hesperides, much restored...'