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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves, 1736
- Title:
Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves
- Date:
- 1736
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink, over graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick slightly textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen with black and red ink, border lines
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 × 7 3/4 inches (27.9 × 19.7 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 4 5/8 × 4 1/4 inches (11.7 × 10.8 cm), Sheet: 3 1/2 × 3 inches (8.9 × 7.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand, in reverse, in pen, with black ink, within circle, upper center: "SHE REPELLS WHAT SHE POINTS NOT"; inscribed in reverse, with pen in black ink, within circle, center: "BRITANNIA", inscribed in reverse, with pen in black ink, within circle, lower center: "GEOGE REIGING | MDCCXXXVI."; inscribed in pan with black ink, lower center: "SHE REPELLS WHAT SHE POINTS NOT. | GEORGE REIGING | M.DCC.XXXVI. | H. Gravelot inv. & delin."; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper right: "68/12/20/57"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.439
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegory | design | medal | military art | ships | waves (natural events)
- Associated People:
- Britannia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12566
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