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And may the rising talents \/ within these walls satisfy the wishes of their Patron! & \/ fulfil the most sanguine expectations & ardent hope of \/ this Institution & their Country \/ What has been said may properly lead to more extensive views \/ in the arts of Design & especially sculpture the object of these Lectures \/. In the early ages of the world Tents & the slightest structures were \/ thought sufficient for the purposes of habitation, but Temples were raised \/ or excavated of stone adorned by sculpture with the emblems of Theology \/ and"}]},{"location":"verso","method":"ink","transcription":[{"value":"and[sic] symbols of Divine Wisdom \/ In India these sculptures were mystical attributes & manifestations \/ In Assyria they had relation to the heavenly bodies & government of the Universe. \/ In Egypt they were Hieroglyphical memorials of Divine \/ and human knowledge, this was the earliest as it will always continue \/ the most important employment of this art, debased indeed according \/ to the corruption of systems_ but in that nation that[deleted] which received the \/ Law with signs wonders to enlighten a darkened world! The Almighty \/ directed the figures of Cherubim to guard the ark of the covenant \/ but the ark, the Tabernacle, the first & second Temple, & all \/ their glories have been removed by Divine appointment, & we \/ must look & we must look[preceding four words deleted] to systems more questionable & less \/ sure for such perfection as we are acquainted with in this art, \/ yet we must not be led to suppose that any art dependant on \/ intellectual knowledge can arise to any height of excellence \/ without the assistance of its efficient cause, & the arts of \/ design in Greece were improved by the Pythagorean & Platonic \/ philosophies the most enlightened the[deleted] which the heathen world \/ possessed, so much the less will be said of Grecian Art \/ in this place because it supplies so large a portion of the \/ following discourses, while we turn our present thoughts \/ to the more general application & utility of the arts of \/ Design & more especially Sculpture. \/ by John Flaxman"}]}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"acquisition":[{"agents":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-153239","uid":"adlib-agent-153239","uuid":"d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec"},"summary_title":"Murray, Charles Fairfax"}],"date":[{"earliest":1916,"latest":1912,"value":"1916-12"}],"method":{"value":"given"}}],"creation":[{"maker":[{"@link":{"qualifier":"?","role":[{"value":"draughtsman"}],"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-45771","uid":"adlib-agent-45771","uuid":"b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3"},"summary_title":"Flaxman, John"}],"note":[{"value":"Possibly not Flaxman's hand (see watermark and date of death of artist)."}]}]},"medium":[{"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-32656","uid":"adlib-term-32656","uuid":"71b38be4-d251-39f7-8e2d-a0df2dd6e135"},"summary_title":"ink"}}]}],"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}}],"objects":[{"@link":{"cascade":true,"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"object-41076","uid":"adlib-object-41076","uuid":"93a20393-de53-3900-89a9-8cc330a8c862"},"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"impact":true,"type":"reference","workflow":true},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"school_or_style":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-9168","uid":"adlib-term-9168","uuid":"6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f"},"summary_title":"British"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}},"summary_title":"sketchbook","techniques":[{"description":[{"value":"pen and ink on ruled paper"}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-27007","uid":"adlib-term-27007","uuid":"326f020c-e0a2-3e7f-8f96-c7ad94fe8767"},"summary_title":"handwriting"}}],"title":[{"value":"'Introduction', continued"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}