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Four designs featuring the goddess Britannia

Four designs featuring the goddess Britannia:

  • inked (red and black) pencil drawings on paper
  • mounted
  • 25.3 x 33.6 cm
  • [on drawing] 'BRITANNIA SACRIFISING AT THE SHRINE OF ART' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'BRITANNIA WELCOMING MINERVA' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'BRITANNIA REPLENISHING THE LAMP OF THE GENIUS OF ART' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] '"STET NOMINS UMBRA"' (pencil note)

Circular design of Britannia replenishing the lamp of the genius of art, with annotations and sketches

Circular design of Britannia replenishing the lamp of the genius of art, with annotations and sketches:

  • print on paper
  • mounted
  • 20.9 x 24.1 cm
  • [on print] 'no mouth see drawing' (pencil note)
  • [on print] 'in' (pencil note) [different examples]
  • [on print] 'out' (pencil note) [different examples]
  • [on print] 'cut away' (pencil note) [different examples]
  • [on print] 'ring lines all the same thickness' (pencil note)
  • [on print] 'under' (pencil note)

Note on furniture

Note on furniture:

  • pencil note on lined paper
  • mounted on loose paper, adjacent to page 2
  • 9.0 x 8.8 cm (10.4 x 11.1 cm with mount)
  • [text]

    ''Most judicious and valuable is a / deal table stained black with ink it / is agreeable to the eyes at candle / light and highly condusive to the / maintenance of the

    Also to be recommended a chair / made of boxes that would take the / shape [x] so conducive to longev- / ity as it is the position of complete / repose''.

Joseph riding in state

Joseph riding in state:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose, adjacent to page 2
  • 48.5 x 29.4 cm
  • [on sketch] 'separate Pharaoh / from Joseph's horse' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'JOSEPH RIDING IN STATE.' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'No. 1.' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'And Pharaoh made him ride in the second chariot which he had, / and they cried before him, Bow the knee. / Genesis XLI. 43.' (ink note)

Standing mother and child

Standing mother and child:

  • pencil sketch on tracing paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 41.14 and Bonomi MSS 41.15
  • 10.3 x 15.0 cm
  • [on sketch] 'JB' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '4' (pencil note)

Chair design

Chair design:

  • partially inked pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 18.8 x 22.8 cm
  • [on mount] '8' (pencil note)

Zenobia enters Egypt, with cartouches of Cleopatra

Zenobia enters Egypt, with cartouches of Cleopatra:

  • pencil sketch on paper, ink cartouche
  • loose, adjacent to page 10
  • 36.8 x 22.7 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Zenobia enters Egypt' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Asiatics' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Greeks' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Egyptians' (pencil note)

Hourglass design

Hourglass design:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 42.5
  • 14.5 x 15.9 cm
  • [on sketch] 'FUTURE / N - O / PAST' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'FU' (pencil note, erased)
  • [on sketch] 'PRESENT' (pencil note)

Sketches of three scenes: Diana appearing in a dream to sick Arsinoe; man and woman playing chess, with standing man; and the sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus

Sketches of three scenes: Diana appearing in a dream to sick Arsinoe; man and woman playing chess, with standing man; and the sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus:

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • loose, adjacent to Bonomi MSS 42.12
  • 36.7 x 22.6 cm
  • [on sketch] 'No 12' (pencil note)

Personified Wednesday, Monday (Selene/Luna), and Tuesday (Hermes/Mercurius) as classical figures, profile view of heads

Personified Wednesday, Monday (Selene/Luna), and Tuesday (Hermes/Mercurius) as classical figures, profile view of heads:

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 44.5 and Bonomi 44.7
  • 17.2 x 10.8 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Wednesday' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Monday' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Tuesday' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '2' (ink note)
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