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Description of the acts of Duke Peter Leopold: on crime and charitable acts in the city of Florence: 832/5.f.12

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Titles

Description of the acts of Duke Peter Leopold: on crime and charitable acts in the city of Florence
Continuation of recto

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1916-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Size Height 213 mm Width 150 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and brown ink on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 12
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: [i]preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink

  • Text: he says he cannot give life, & he will / not take it away, & at the same time / that he give[i] inflicts a longer punishment / than death on the the[ii] offender the obliges / him by a life of hard labour to make / some reparation for the injuries committed / & gives the unhappy Creature an opportunity / by continuing his life of making a prepara- / -ation for a better state, yet by this means / of punishment vice is so far terrified / that you may walk thro' the towns or roads / of / this prince's dominions in the middle / of the night with a purse of money in / your hand exposed to view in the most perfect safety & the civility of the people / equals thier[sic] honesty, for a quarrel is very / rarely heard of amongst them & blows they / are utter strangers to; many are the public / Schools established by this prince, his libera- / -lity has provided an Hospital sufficient / to contain all the poor in the City afflicted / with the most loathsome distempers so / that no such objects are seen about the / City & it may naturally be supposed such
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: [i] preceding three words appear above the line; [ii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink

  • Text: a Prince would be careful of the honor of his / maker he has taken care to have Sunday / observed with becoming Sanctity which before his time was very little noticed, one instance / of the good government of this City ought / to be mentioned, if a person known to be / a theif or otherwise noxious, to society comes / into Florence, the Country Constables or Sbirri / give notice to the Officers of the City, who imme- / -diately order the person either to return to the / place from whence he came or go to prison / the offender knowing he cannot escape the / vigilence of the civil policy, if he thinks / he cannot be safe in the place he came from whence he came[i] / voluntarily & unaccompanied by any one, goes / to prison in the City, thus neither Thieves / or Prostitutes are to be found here; even in / carnival time when the greatest concourses / are collected, disguised, & mostly unknown / all the amusements are harmless & no mis- / -chief is done, the Duke & Duchess & their family unite in these innocent amusement / & no doubt by their presence & example / contributed to the regularity with with[ii] which
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/5.f.12
Primary reference Number: 38111
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 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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