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Anatomy: Pliny and Hippocrates, on form, structure;: 832/7.f.20

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Titles

Anatomy: Pliny and Hippocrates, on form, structure;
Anatomy: the arm and its structure

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

Grey ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Height 230 mm Width 169 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and grey ink on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 11
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Grey ink
  • Text: 20
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Anatomy
  • Location: Recto, upper centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: all of the above is crossed through in grey ink

  • Text: Pliny / In considering the anatomical forms of / the body as we find them / Beofre we proceed to the Anatomical forms / of the human body as re in Grecian Sculpture / it will be necessary to take a short veiw[sic] / of what Hippocrates says concerning & as / much of the structure of the body as imme- / -diately concerns the arts of design, for as / Hippocrates was cotempory[sic] with Phidias / Praxiteles / we must naturally beleive[sic] that the Studies / & discoveries of the medical Anatomist & dissector directed / those of the Painter & Sculptor / Bones of the hand 27 / of the feet 24
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Grey ink

Inscription present: the following in grey ink: [i] preceding three words crossed through; [ii] preceding two letters crossed through

  • Text: Facile acutem ut inter ossa exoluiter, brachio excepto / the head of this depends by the cartilage (nervo) from / the Acetabulum, having a loose round appendix / of the cartilage[i] the arm itself is not curved / outwardly, the anterior part is oblique & passes not / in a direct-line to the acetabulum, that part / which is curved at the side of the cubit is broad / knotty (et repagulo) and lever-like, solid, hollowed / on the posterior part, (in qua cornix inest ex cubito / when the hand is extended. To this there is a / torpid nerve, which arises between the division / of the bones of the cubit (wt[ii] (between which also) / it is perfected & fineshed[sic]." / Hippocrates / de Opium Natura
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Grey ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/7.f.20
Primary reference Number: 38568
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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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