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Three sylised full-length figure sketches: 832/13.f.79

Object information

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Titles

Three sylised full-length figure sketches
Inscription:

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

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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 323 mm Width 203 mm
Recto
Verso

Inscription or legends present

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

  • Text: As we Find the First Problems of that Science in / some of the Most Antient[sic] [?]emini which without Doubt / were some[i] the Earliest Productions of stone sculpture / which bore any Resemblance to the Human form / such was the Boundaries of their Estates, [?] &c / their Deities they worshiped[sic] as Pan Osiris[ii], Hermes, Pan, &c / Yet these Rude Essays they Form'd upon / geometrical Rules & Proportions (This I can Venture / to Affirm, for the Antient[sic] sculptures Agree in / their Measures According to the Ages & Countrys, they / were Made In; & According to their Characters, / as will be shewn Hereafter) as for Example, the / Head still was made on a circular Principle, from the Top to the Bottom of the Nose[iii] Growing of the Hair / to the top of the Nose, from thence to the Bottom of the / Nose, & from thence to the Bottom of the Chin, were / Equal Distances, the term considered wholly was / Divided in the following Manner: the length was / seven[iv] somewhat more than 7 times the the[sic] Length / of the Head; & the width of the side was Proportion'd / to the Length of A Man's Foot: the Term being as wide at the Top as the Bottom, / This Hamilton supposes to have given Rise / to the Naked Figures,
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/13.f.79
Primary reference Number: 40406
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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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