Image of Trompe l'oeil (Drummer Boy), 1950-60 (oil on canvas laid down by Battersby, Martin (1916-1982)

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

IMAGE number: USB1154949
Image title: Trompe l'oeil (Drummer Boy), 1950-60 (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
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

Image description: 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.
Photo credit: National Trust Photographic Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: trompe l'oeil / optical effect / drum / poster / ghost / mompesson / musical instrument / drumstick / drummer boy / music / playing / still life / ghostly / painting / Painting / Mzpainting

Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers

License details

Your details

* First name

* Last name

* Email

* Phone

* Country

Message

Asset - General information

In copyright

Independent artist in copyright

It is your responsibility to clear the Artist’s Copyright - Please contact us for further guidance.

Permissions

Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us

	Dimension [pixels]	Dimension in 300dpi [mm]	File size [MB]
Large	2798 × 5315 px	237 × 450 mm	2.9 MB
Medium	539 × 1024 px	46 × 87 mm	590 KB

Field	Search term	Example
Asset title	title:	title:pony
Asset title and keywords	~	~pony
Asset description text	description:	description:london
Agency prefix	prfx: or $	prfx:lal or $LAL
Asset id	imageid:	imageid:250297 or imageid:[2500 TO 4000]
Agency name	coll:	coll:history
Medium	medium:	medium:oil
Century	century:	century:20th
Keywords	kw:	kw:dog
Artist name	artist: or ?	artist:monet or ?monet
Artist nationality	??	??French
Creator ID	creatorid:	creatorid:37
Location	loc: or @	loc:exeter or @exeter
Classification	class: or #	class:57 or #57. Use # for unclassified assets
Year	year:	year:1850 or year:[1700 TO 1800]

Contact us for further help