Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Design for a Frontispiece: Allegorical Landscape, undated
- Title:
- Design for a Frontispiece: Allegorical Landscape
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and red chalk, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 15 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (39.1 × 28.3 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (18.4 × 13.7 cm), Sheet: 5 1/2 × 4 inches (14 × 10.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "6710 F Mellon"; in graphite, lower right: "140"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper right: "68/12/20/82"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.464
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegorical | design | figures (illustrations) | frontispiece (illustration) | genre subject | landscape
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9958
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