Sketching in the British Musuem. This a 2nd Century AD Roman Marble copy of a much earlier and now lost 4th century BC sculpture of Aphrodite by the Greek Praxiteles. This statue is sometimes known as 'Lely's Venus' since it once belonged to the baroque portrait painter Sir Peter Lely (1618-80). It was subsequently acquired by King Charles

Size A5

Date: 2013

Meduim Pencil on cartridge paper

Artist © Jamie Tweddell