Axioms relating to art: continuation of leaping; striking: 832/5.f.36

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Size Height 213 mm Width 150 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and brown ink on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: [i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding line crossed through in brown ink, the following appearing above the line; [iii] preceding line crossed through in brown ink; [iv] preceding eight words crossed through in brown ink

• Text: when[i] the leaping figure alights when the / weight of the upper part of the figure ceases to be[ii] gullet is over the / lower end of the tibia fig 6 A / 5 Striking, the legs are seperated / at considerable distance from each other, the / body & head are so thrown over the backmost leg[iii] / upper part of the body & the head are so th / thrown back as to form a bent bow with / the line of the backward leg over the foot / of which the gullet falls[iv]
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/5.f.36
Primary reference Number: 38332
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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