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'Bones and motions of the hand': 832/12.f.12

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

'Bones and motions of the hand'
Study of a hand grasping a sphere

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 327 mm Width 206 mm

Techniques used in production

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

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Bones & motions of the hand
  • Location: Recto, below drawings
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: The hand in its most natural & common position / that is when it hangs down & is out of action has the first finger a little bent, the next a little more & so / on least being most bent of all - the reason is this / the tendons of the perforatus & perforans which go to / little finger & the two next are proportionably shorter / & more bent than that of the first finger as / they pass under the palmares Longus / for this reason also when the fingers are / straight the hand is in a forced position
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/12.f.12
Primary reference Number: 41100
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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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