Text: 3674/4

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Inscription or legends present

• Text: 3
• Location: Top centre
• Method of creation: Brown ink

• Text: every idea of cultivation, we wish them totally to dis- / -appear. / As there are however instances in the grand style of land- / scape, in which sublimity alone(underlined) is introduced; so there are / inferior modes of landscape, in wh. low vulgarisms may pro- / -perly make a part _ cottages _ carts _ hay-making _ harvesting / - and other employments of husbandry._ This low mode of / landscape is not however now in question: we are here con- / -sidering such landscape only, as in part introduces the sub- / lime idea; & in part the rural embellishment. / We may observe farther, that landscap more, or less / approaches the grand(underlined) style, as it is more, or less adorned with / these embellishments. Thus when rocks are tufted with trees / or shrubs, a degree of amenity is introduced. As these are / increased, the idea improves: as they are removed, it lesses; / and in proportion, the grand(underlined) style prevails. If you remove / them
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: the '+' symbol relates to no.3674/3 verso, this text is intended to be inserted here

• Text: + / I.II.
• Location: Left margin, second paragraph
• Method of creation: Brown ink

• Text: IV
• Location: Left margin, below the above
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3674/4
Primary reference Number: 10709
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Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints