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Satan alighting on the Earth; Crucifixion; Chryses on the sea shore praying to Apollo to curse the Greek army: 3686.f.28

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Titles

Satan alighting on the Earth; Crucifixion; Chryses on the sea shore praying to Apollo to curse the Greek army
Kneeling figure, overlaps sheet laid down which depicts Christ; below both is a slight brown ink sketch of the upper body of a figure

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Haydon, Benjamin Robert

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1905) by Parsons (Brompton Road)

Dating

Circa 1805 - 1826

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( buff, laid down; black ink mark lower right)
Upper-left Drawing Height 133 mm Width 84 mm
Drawing, Verso Height 200 mm Width 92 mm
Page Size Height 314 mm Width 194 mm
Upper-right Drawing Height 64 mm Width 42 mm
Lower Drawing Height 85 mm Width 98 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Recto: pen and brown ink on paper, laid down on buff paper, laid down on album sheet verso: pen and brown ink on paper, attached to album sheet: the drawing is held to the album sheet by a wax seal

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Satan alighting on / The Earth. - Dream (the following in blue-black ink) - 1804 -
  • Location: Album sheet, below drawing (1)
  • Method of creation: Brown and blue-black ink
  • Text: Crucifixion
  • Location: Album sheet, below drawing (2)
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: in Greek; from Homer, 'Iliad', I, L. 44

  • Text: (Chryses on the sea shore praying to Apollo to curse the Greek Army)
  • Location: Above drawing (3)
  • Method of creation: Black chalk
  • Text: (illegible)
  • Location: Verso, album sheet and drawing
  • Method of creation: Red wax seal
  • Text: particles of matter .. / all of which we know ... / as animals have no immaterial soul nothing - can / produce it. / Behind the greatest powers of genius, there sits a ruling consciousnesss which proves a divine something / independent of the faculties - I believe firmly in / revelation I believe in the immateriality of the soul. / I shall only examine the arguments of those who / deny the other side, & who are just inconclusive / themselves -
  • Location: Drawing verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3686.f.28
Primary reference Number: 10960
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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