Blank: 1085A.f.2

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Sheet Size Height 203 mm Width 322 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Graphite on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: continued from f.1 recto

• Text: workmans mean taken to avoid the mechanical / look of much modern mosaic. / On this second point I think of great importance that / the size of tesserae in great size and unvaried spaces / should not therefore be increased to get over the space / ('but be fairly' (crossed out)) but be of the same size as in more / important parts, so that the look of the whole may / be uniform - so that great spaces of sky or water or / golden wall will (?) look equally rich and cared for - / I know this means costly (?) work, but I am sure / you will not grudge it. / I have sent also with the cartoon - a little rough water / colour sketch - emphasing [sic] the idea of / gradated tone ('for a' (crossed out)) (----ing) through wings and sky / alike. / all the forms will be detached by a fairly strong (?) dark / line - and everywhere I want the gradation to be / soft - in most cases 3 or 4 tesserae give the / shading for the dark outline through 2 tones of / diminishing (?) depth to the centre light tone. / ('to begin then -' (crossed out)) / to begin then / WINGS the wings will be of a gold colour, deepening toward / the centre at the top and heightened with silver / outermost line brown. 352 / light rim around each feather, silver 789 / then three shades of gold to colour the feather A15. A.10. A1. / NIMBUS - strong outline of red. 321. in first three ('or four' (inserted above line with a caret)) rows / innermost top nimbi only (?) have outline of strong blue / 1686 / nimbus itself to be of silver 7.89 with dots of gold A.15
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1085A.f.2
Primary reference Number: 82339
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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