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Objects to demonstrate shading - an egg, jar, tree trunk, tower, block, woman's head and rods

Maker

(artist)
1724-1806

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Objects to demonstrate shading - an egg, jar, tree trunk, tower, block, woman's head and rods

Date of Production

1862

Medium

lithograph
printed in black
brown tint stone

Dimensions

Height: 31.7 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8595.11

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: George Stubbs, delt. //

Inscription: Day&Son Lithrs. to the Queen. //

Inscription: London. Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. 6. Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. //

Inscription: G. STUBBS //

Inscription: (French) //

Stamp: M2 //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: 1 3 / 2 4 //

Inscription: 1. Local Color (Color) of any object. / Call middle-tint. / represented by any colored paper. / 2. Shadow right angled and cutting or shaded on a curved surface. / 3. Cast Shadow, as a rule always darker then the shade. / 4. The concentration or focus of light - / very positive on shining or reflecting / surfaces, and below, reflected light, / depending always on the nature of the / object receiving and of surrounding / objects imparting the reflection. / (instance a shadow with a piece of / white paper). //

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