Inscriptions: Classical mythology; doodles and traces of a sketch: 832/12.B

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Grey ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Sheet Height 208 mm Width 137 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen with brown and grey ink, sketches in graphite on laid paper
Handwriting

Inscription or legends present

• Text: Hercules delivering Theseus & / Pirithous from hell, Apoll 132 / Hercules carrying away the / Tripod from Apollo Apol 134 / Jupiter suspends Juno from / olympus 138 / Sisters of Phaeton transformed / into poplars Hyg 166 / Dictys finding Danae / & Perseus - Hig 70 / Pandora brought by / Mercury to Epimetheus Hesiod. 6 / Pandora uncovering the vase / of Evils Hesiod [i] 'HMEP 6 / Venus recieved[sic] by the flora / Nat. Com 383 / Flight of the Gods from the Titans / - the Titans cast into Tartarus / Hesiod recieving[sic] the / scepter from the muses / Hyades / Jason carrying Juno / over the river Euhenus / Hyg XIII / Leucippe snatches the / sword herss; Thestor / CXC / Zethus rescues / from the Harpies
• Location: Recto, left-hand side
• Method of creation: Brown ink

• Text: La Guglia se Stracina / Baiacce La Vaccina / s se Pranza non se loena / Mac pice Papa de lesene
• Location: Recto, centre
• Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: square brackets indicate passage written in graphite

• Text: orestes discovers himself to / Electra CXXII /[ - Saturn casts the Titans / into Tartarus / Jupiter / - Saturn casts Pluto and / the Earth & Neptune / under the Sea] / Newton / 7.7.7.11.5.7.18.14.16.11.11 / pd: Feb:y 17: 1790 114 / Venus embracing Cupid & ordering him to shoot Pluto / Ovid Met lib 5. 364 / Boreas & Orythya / Apollo & Ops bringing the / tablets relating to the state / of departed souls from: / the Hyperboreans to Delos / Nat. lom. 189 / Jupiter hiding Thalea / under the Earth from the / jealousy of Juno / Ovid Met. 150 line 402 / Jupiter shoot[?] the winds into / the caves of Aelus / Notus raining, on the earth / & Iris supplying the / [?]
• Location: Recto, right-hand side
• Method of creation: Brown ink and graphite

Inscription present: square brackets indicate passage written in graphite

• Text: clouds with water / metamorp 17. line 270 / Deucalion & Pyrrha / met 22 line 400 / Echo & Narcissus / met 90 line 390 / Tisiphone & Clytheron / Cassandra refusing the love / of Appollo Apoll 226 / A[?]none entre / Paris refusing the advice / of Anone that he should / not go to Sparta 226 / [me de la ferronuierie] / Jupiter carries away / Agina 228 / Hilkiah high priest / give the law to Spaphan / who reads it 2 Kings / [?]lus hiding his 22 / sons Theogony line 155 / Earthe conspiring with / her sons against Aeolus ---- --- 165 / St. Pauls / Howard / S:c:or when / Ald:n Bernard / Beckford / D:r Johnson / Adm Hemfanfelt
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/12.B
Primary reference Number: 40910
Stable URI

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