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Quantity: 832/7.f.54

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Titles

Quantity

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: 54
  • 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] three preceding words crossed through

  • Text: Quantity, / + / In the Composition of Design, is subject to the / same Division as the sounds in Music & they are equally harmonious in both 3:ds 5ths & 8ths / & their divisions, will always be found agreable to / the eye & to the mind whilst other divisions, will / have a different effect. for example two or more / lines or quantities, exactly alike, will produce / unifomity, an che a[i] a production of unity, but / not Harmony / Uniformity is the likeness of one subject to another / [to each other] / Harmony is the connection [connection] of two subjects / by means of their mutual participation / in a third / In colours, Red & Blue, are Discordant, until / united by the medium of purple, in which they / have a mutual particpation &c / + Scholium 3d on Composition
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/7.f.54
Primary reference Number: 38784
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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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