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Axioms relating to art: continuation of leaping; striking: 832/5.f.36

Object information

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Titles

Axioms relating to art: continuation of leaping; striking

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

Inscription present: [i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding line crossed through in brown ink, the following appearing above the line; [iii] preceding line crossed through in brown ink; [iv] preceding eight words crossed through in brown ink

  • Text: when[i] the leaping figure alights when the / weight of the upper part of the figure ceases to be[ii] gullet is over the / lower end of the tibia fig 6 A / 5 Striking, the legs are seperated / at considerable distance from each other, the / body & head are so thrown over the backmost leg[iii] / upper part of the body & the head are so th / thrown back as to form a bent bow with / the line of the backward leg over the foot / of which the gullet falls[iv]
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/5.f.36
Primary reference Number: 38332
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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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