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Drawings Roman statue of a sleeping nymph, at Wilton House

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.71

Artist/Designer/Maker

Creed, Carey - Artist

Production date

Circa 1730

Material

Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink

Technique

Drawing
Etching (Printing Process)

Dimensions

Height: 142mm
Width: 303mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

10-
The Sleeping Venus, Greek, 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. 9, cat. no. 8. This may be the statue described by Newton as 'A Nymph sleeping. Nearly identical in attitude and arrangement of drapery with the celebrated statue of Ariadne in the Vatican...'