Study of a funerary monument or design for a wall tomb
c1750. Graphite, ink and wash on cream laid paper with an extensive yet partial and illegible series of alphabetic watermarks. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 (185 x 115 mm), the full sheet. With an contemporary support adhered to the top sheet edge. 19th century text in graphite added to the shield held by the putti. The image has been cropped to exclude the top portion of a recumbent figure whose legs are covered by a shroud, and whose left hand remains visible in the left-center image area, propped upon an pillow, holding a heart.
While this drawing appears to have been completed in the mid-18th century, given the Neoclassical style, media, and paper, the text "Kind Hearts and Coronets" comes from the poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem was pubished in 1842, indicating that the pencil inscription in the image was added later.
Item number: 2510
Price: $600.00
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