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Trompe l'oeil (Drummer Boy), 1950-60 (oil on canvas laid down on panel)

Trompe l'oeil (Drummer Boy), 1950-60 (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
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Trompe l'oeil (Drummer Boy), 1950-60 (oil on canvas laid down on panel)

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Artist

Battersby, Martin (1916-1982) / English

Location

Mompesson House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Medium

oil on canvas laid down on panel

Date

1950 AD - 1960 AD (C20th AD)

Dimensions

200x112 cms

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A painting on the theme of the Mompesson Drummer Boy, a ghost. Depicted are a classical medallion, printed notice, military drum and drumsticks, a shoe and three hand-written notes. He was the Luggershall drummer. Plaque at top containing face. Below the plaque is a nail from which is suspended a drum with buckled strap and drumsticks suspended as if playing. Behind the drum strap is a notice featuring the words 'Or a full and Pia...ce / EVIDENCE WITCH..S AND APPAR...NS / The Second Part. / The ENL...GED NARRATIVE OF .... / M. MOMPESSO.. / ... CAUSED BY THE VILLAN... DRUMMER / L...ON ..... MDCC..'. Below the drum, as if falling to the ground, are three pages of writing.

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National Trust Photographic Library / Bridgeman Images

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