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Page of a sketchbook with manuscript text (recto and verso)

Maker


1798-1863

Title

Page of a sketchbook with manuscript text (recto and verso)

Date of Production

1815-1818

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.6 cm
Height: 12.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1954.AH.1.19

Mode of Acquisition

A.A.D. Harding, bequest, 1954

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Related Works

Sketchbook 1 (July 1815, July 1816 and July 1818)

Provenance

James Duffield Harding (1798-1863) and A.R. Harding; by descent to A.A.D. Harding; gift of A.A.D. Harding, 1954

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: graphite, handwritten from top left: -1st John / Behold the Lamb of God which taketh / away the Sin of the World - Remark / When the Sun breaks from behind a cloud / and Shines bright upon the dial we disco- / ver the hour at which the hand points so / when the Holy Spirit shines upon God's own / words it points us to Christ with [last word crossed out] and we / by faith Behold him as the only atonement / for Sin. / 1st Christ is the Lamb of God - Sacrifices / were appointed by God himself as soon as / man fell and no doubt but the Skins of the / Beasts with which our first parents were / clothed were those of the Beasts which had / been offered up to God as sacrifices typifying / the great sacrifice and righteous-ness of / his dear Son and it appears from scripture / that all [last word crossed out] the Lamb was an eminent type / of the meekness and [last word crossed out] purity and innocence / of Christ - under the old Testament / sacrifices were provided by men but / they did not nor could not put away sin / they only prefigured that which was to / come even the great atonement of / God's dear Son, JC, JC; bottom right corner, graphite: 19. Verso: graphite, handwritten from top left: How did Christ take away sin it is / said in Scripture he takes it away / and he puts it away. he took it away / he took it upon himself he himself / bore our Sins &c. the Scape goat had / all the Sins of Israel put upon him / and afterwards he was lead into the / wilderness. this was typical of the Sin / bearing of Christ - he put away Sin by / bearing is [last word crossed out] on the Cross that punishment / which was due to it and when he rose * / * again he entirely put it away as he / after his ascension needs not be seen / any more in this world . if he had / not completely put it away he must / often have appeared, but the apostle / say in the Hebrews says he has for ever / put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself / so that when he appears again it will / be without Sin unto Salvation. / 3 Whose Sin did Christ put away? / the Sin of all the elect of God. called / in the Text the World. Not for Judas / nor for all those who in the last day / shall be condemned to everlasting destruction.

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