Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Title:
Design for an Ornamental Cartouche: Engraved Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485?-1540)
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (36.5 x 22.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center left (withing vignette design):"Thos Cromwell [illegible?]" ; lower center (within vignette design): "original ornament as | designed by Houbraken"; in pen with gray ink, lower right, (outside of vignette): "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE"; [Shamed be he who thinks evil of it-translation]; in graphite, lower right of sheet: "49"; Verso: inscribed in pen with brown ink, uipper center: "Thos Cromwel Earl of Essex"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4268
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | key | seated | Chair - Arm | figures (illustrations) | sword | genre subject | crown | Order of the Garter | ornament | portrait | standing (posture in worship) | Cartouche