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Design for a Frontispiece: A Bishop Conferring an Honor, Scene Within a Cartouche
Hubert-François Gravelotundated
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
Details
- Title: Design for a Frontispiece: A Bishop Conferring an Honor, Scene Within a Cartouche
- Creator: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
- Creator Lifespan: 1699/1773
- Creator Nationality: French, active in Britain (1733–45)
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: undated
- Physical Dimensions: Mount: 15 1/2 × 11 inches (39.4 × 27.9 cm) Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (19.1 × 16.8 cm) Image: 6 × 5 inches (15.2 × 12.7 cm)
- Subject Keywords: dove, standing, bishop (prelate), clergy, allegorical, frontispieces (illustrations), genre subject, swords, vestments, robes, kneeling
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Pen and black ink, over red chalk, and graphite, Incised for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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