Inscription and small sketch of a window: PD.78-1972.e.1

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Titles

Inscription and small sketch of a window

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Varley, Cornelius

Entities

Inscription

Categories

Sketchbook

Description

Front endpaper.

Legal notes

From the Fairhaven Fund.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1972) by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd

Dating

Production date: AD 1802

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 164 mm Width 362 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: C Varley
Location: Front endpaper, verso
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Signature

Text: 1802
Location: Front endpaper, verso
Method of creation: Grey ink
Type: Date

Text: one for St Vitus's Dance / for 1 pill 1 1/2 grain ferr vitriol / 2 grain myrrh / 3 pills every 6 hours / In case of a bite from a Poisenous [sic] animal / bind above Wound With sheet Load & use / Vol Atkoly lunar Caustic or the Oxide of Silver / from the Vitrous laid it's a certain Effectual / Antidote as When Mixed with venom of Viper / it renders it inocent [sic] / Sunday December 5 1802 Observer / pour olive oil into a new Tind Copper Vessel / & boil it over a small Fire sufficient to keep it / gently agitated & so for three times in 24 / hours With this the oil resolved itself to consistency / of ointment & constantly rubbing the part was / Cured in 14 days of a Cancer in lips
Location: Front endpaper, verso
Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.78-1972.e.1
Primary reference Number: 48733
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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