- Creator:
- Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
- Title:
- Design for a Frontispiece: Shepherds with Flock
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen in black ink, graphite, and red chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (28.9 × 28.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, on mount, upper right of fold: "6710 G Mellon"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper right: "68/12/20/83"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.465
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- garments, main | shepherds | trees | genre subject | structure (single built work) | frontispieces (illustrations) | sheep | figures (illustrations) | men | flock | barefoot | dog (animal)
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9959