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Composition: 832/7.f.53

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Composition

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
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Height 230 mm Width 169 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 53
  • Location: Recto, upper right corner
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: the above appears to be a graphite inscription overwritten in brown ink, with the exception of characters thus, [ ], which are graphite; the following in brown ink: [i] preceding word crossed through, following word above line

  • Text: Composition is the Art of / putting objects together / 1 Harmony is the cause of unions as / Discord is fo Seperation[sic] / 2 As all Art & Science originate from the same / source so their dependance & connection is / Universal / 3 There is the same Harmony in colours lines & quantities to the eye, as in sounds to the ear. / as Unity exists in one line of figure / 4 So many similar lines or figures form / a [x] Unity in the whole / 5 As one simple line or figure is sublime [may partake of] / many simple lines or figures [may partake of] / the sublime taken together / 6 Lines [o] gently varied form the[i] a graceful Composition / 7 Lines [y] Suddenly & directly opposed prduce the Forcible / [x Scholiam 1st on Character / o Scholium 3d / y Scholium 5th]
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink, numbers in graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/7.f.53
Primary reference Number: 38783
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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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