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Three sylised full-length figure sketches with notes: 832/13.f.80

Object information

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Titles

Three sylised full-length figure sketches with notes
Inscription with sketches visible beneath

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Entities

Categories

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

Techniques used in production

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

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Mention'd / by Hamilton
  • Location: Recto, to right of right-hand sketch
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: the following in brown ink: [i] preceding three words crossed through

  • Text: Fig.1. Like one in the British Museum / which is Carv'd in Black Marble / such were the First Hermes of the Egyptians an [sic] / afterwards the Osiris of the Egyptians[i] very much Resembled / this Figure, as will be Shewn Hereafter. / Such says Hamilton) were the square Statues of Jupiter / & Neptune that were to be seen at Tegea, & Jricolona / in Arcadia, & which were nothing more than stones / in the Form of Terms with on which they had / Placed a Rounded Stone: which Figured the Head / Figure.1.
  • Location: Recto, below drawings
  • Method of creation: Graphite partially overwritten in brown ink

Inscription present: the following in brown ink: [i] deleted; [ii] three preceding words crossed through

  • Text: The Egyptians (of Descendants of Mizraim, who / was the son of Ham, who was the son of Noah / & the Descendants of Japheth the son of Noah / amongst whom the Jo[?] of the Gentiles were / Divided. Xth l. of Genesis 5. v) seem to Me to / have been the First People that Perform'd / any sculpture whatever from a Variety of / scripture Texts: also the arts of Refining Gold / Silver &c Making Money Utensils &c / 13.[?] Genesis 2. V- 35. C Genesis 2 V. / We may with some Reason suppose that the / Chaldeans or Descendants of Mizraim & Phut / in the Land of Ur were[i] Made some kind of Images / as there is good Reason to beleive[sic] They were the / first Idolaters. See the Building of the Tower of / Babel: there is also Reason to beleive[sic] the / first Representations of the Human Form were made / in Clay: But we may[ii] But is natural to think / these were Rude Likenesses; & that No Rules / were given to Bring the Science to any Degree / of Perfection till a later Date of at least two / or three centurys after Mizraim Phut & their / followers had Possessed themselves of the Land / of Egypt & their Children for three or Four / Generations afterwards When they began to / apply themselves to the Geometry.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/13.f.80
Primary reference Number: 40415
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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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