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Quantity (continued): 832/7.f.55

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Quantity (continued)

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 : Recto: pen and brown ink verso: pen and brown ink over some graphite on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 55
  • Location: Recto, upper right corner
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: the following in brown ink: [i] preceding word crossed through; [ii] two preceding words crossed through; [iii] three preceding words crossed through; [iv] three preceding words crossed through

  • Text: In lines, two oppositte Curves not united by a medium are[i] may be / uniform, but are not in harmony with each other / Two opposs[ii] / Two opposisite[sic] curves become harmonious by / the union of the end of one with the end / of the other, & perfectly so, if the proportion / of the one curve is to the other as a 3d / 5:th or 8:th / + / In the composition of 2 of more[iii] lines will be harmonious when they are formed of / harmonious lines, & when their[iv] (see the former / proposition) & when their convexes are unequally / opposed to their concaves in the ratio of 3:ds / 5ths 8ths & their Divisions / When two or more lines are composed in a group they must / not only be serpentine, but they must be / Incricciated[sic], plaited, or one wound about / the other, still the quantities, curves of / the lines & vacancies, made harmonious by / + the rules of the foregoing proposition / + The lines in the group of Laocoon, the mother
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: continuation of '+' note from recto; the following in brown ink: [i] preceding word crossed through

  • Text: of the Niobe's, the Boxers &c Jus[i] are formed on the / principles of the above propositions
  • Location: Verso, bottom
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/7.f.55
Primary reference Number: 38785
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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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