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Inscription

Maker

(artist)
1798-1863

Title

Inscription

Date of Production

August 1842

Medium

Graphite on mid-tone buff wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1954.AH.7.44

Mode of Acquisition

A.A.D. Harding, bequest, 1954

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Related Works

Sketchbook 7 - Saint Malo, Mont Saint Michel, Anger

Notes

The sketchbook has been turned ninety degrees, so that the text is in portrait format with the bound edge at the top of the sheet

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: Verso: graphite, starting at top left and continuing for full page: As the Art of Painting has its foundation in imitation / it is necessary [last 3 words crossed out] and as it is certain that / positive facsimile imitation is not only / difficult but in almost all cases impossible / it is necessary to enquire what kind of imitation is really required. This question may / be easily answered but the degree must / depend on the Painter himself, whether / he seeks the nobler influences of Art, / whether he appeals to the heart, and to [last 2 words crossed out] / the [last word crossed out] & from his own, to the imaginations / of others or, whether from [last word crossed out] possessed of but humble aspirations of his own [last 3 words crossed out] he contents himself / with a closer imitation to satisfy the / eye , and more in accordance with / his limited own views.

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