The Damerian Apollo
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Print shows the English sculptor Anne Damer, seated in profile to the left, chiseling the posterior of a large and realistic Apollo standing in profile to the left and holding a spear, with the left arm extended; a little girl (left) in 'profil perdu', gazes at the Apollo in astonishment. On a pedestal (left) are two nude figures, one full-face, the other in quasi-back view, drawn with extreme realism. Beside them (left) is an armless torso on a terminal pillar. These three statues are 'Studies from Nature'. On the right is a bust of a child's head in profile to the left, on a pedestal inscribed 'A Model to make a Boy from'. Beside it lie a book, 'Sketches of Different Parts'. Behind Mrs. Damer (left) is a grinning whole length figure of 'Pan'. There are also two figures on tall pedestals: a Hercules and a headless figure, and a bust. All the figures in the studio are completely nude. Mrs. Damer wears gloves; her mallet is raised to strike her chisel.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.