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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Design for a Medal: Growing Arts Adorn Empire, Caroline Protecting, ca. 1736
- Title:
- Design for a Medal: Growing Arts Adorn Empire, Caroline Protecting
- Date:
- ca. 1736
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (28.3 x 19.7 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 4 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches (12.4 x 11.1 cm), Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 7/8 inches (8.3 × 7.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand, in reverse, in pen and black ink, within circled design, upper center: "GROWING ARTS ADORN EMPIRE:"; in reverse, in pen with black ink, within circled design, lower center: "CAROLINE PROTECTING."; in pen with black ink, lower center: "GROWING ARTS ADORN EMPIRE: | CAROLINE PROTECTING."; on verso, in graphite on mount, upper right: "68/12/20/62"
Signed in pen and black ink, lower center: "H. Gravelot inv. & delin"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.444
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- design | emblem (allegorical picture) | female | figure (illustration) | genre subject | medal | standing
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12568
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