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Drawings Roman statue of a Muse, at Wilton House

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.68

Artist/Designer/Maker

Creed, Carey - Artist

Production date

Circa 1730

Material

paper
ink
printer's ink

Technique

Drawing
Etching

Dimensions

Height: 286mm
Width: 174mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

8-
Urania ye Muse, big as Life of one of ye Oldest fine Greek Sculptures of E. 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. 28. This may be the statue of Faustina the elder, which stood in the entrance hall of Wilton House.