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Design for an Escutcheon in Honor of William Earl Cowper (ca. 1665-1723)
François Boucherca. 1730
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In the same direction as the etching--a memorial to William Earl Cowper after François Boucher by Nicolas-Dauphin de Beauvais, 1921- 6- 58. Justice with a pair of scales and a sword; Prudence and Peace are on top; attributes referring to Cowper at the bottom.
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- Title: Design for an Escutcheon in Honor of William Earl Cowper (ca. 1665-1723)
- Creator: François Boucher
- Creator Lifespan: 1703/1770
- Date Created: ca. 1730
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Charcoal, brush and brown wash on tan paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux
- Paper Support: Tan paper, ovoid
- Markings: Watermark: (see card for more information)
- Inscribed: Inscribed in ink: 1047.8; upper left: 9.28; upper right: cartel alegorique pour la justice
- Exhibitions: National Gallery of Art - Washington, D.C., "François Boucher in North American Collections," December 23, 1973 to March 17, 1974.Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL, "François Boucher in North American Collections," April 4 to May 12, 1974.
- Dimensions: 60.5 x 42.6 cm (23 13/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography: François Boucher, François Boucher in North American Collections: 100 Drawings (Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1973), cat. no. 13, p. 18, pl. 13, text p. 18-19.
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