Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]

in or after 1819

John Flaxman

Associated Names
John Flaxman

Artist, British, 1755 - 1826

The image includes pencil sketches of decorative cups and a half-circle motif. The largest drawing is a detailed design of a goblet-like vessel with ornate patterns on the stem and body. The color palette is grayscale due to the pencil medium on cream-colored paper. Two smaller sketches of similar cups are in the top left, and a semi-circular ornamental design is at the bottom. Scale measurements are next to the large cup on the right, and additional details are on a narrow strip along the right edge of the paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite//compositionally unrelated ink and wash verso

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.4 x 22.7 cm (7 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.1620


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

later hand, lower right in graphite: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2

Watermarks

T EDMONDS / 1819

Wikidata ID

Q64582570

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