Four studies of arms: 832/12.f.11

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Height 327 mm Width 206 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

• Text: when the fore arm is lifted up & the back ot the hand turned / downward the Biceps is much more swelled than when / it is turned up because in the former position the / Tendinous Aponeurosis acts as a rotator as well as
• Location: Recto, below drawings
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: continued from recto

• Text: the tendon acts as a flexor, whereas in the latter / the tendon acts as a flexor only. / the fingers being of unequal lengths is very convenient / when the hand grasps a spheical body as the / thumb counteracts the four fingers the palm of the / hand becomes hollow & the ends of the thumb & fingers are / nearly level / if the fingers had been of equal lengths when the hand / was open when it was closed on a round body / the two middle fingers would have been too short to / have counteracted the thumb with a proper force / & the grasp would have been considerably diminished
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/12.f.11
Primary reference Number: 41099
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