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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Port Mahon, between 1756 and 1773
- Title:
- Port Mahon
- Additional Title(s):
- Port Mahon
- Date:
- between 1756 and 1773
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 8 × 9 7/8 inches (20.3 × 25.1 cm), Sheet: 4 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches (11.1 x 14.6 cm), Image: 4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.2 × 14 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "No Ref"; "[Zmere?] | Hogarth"
Watermark: LVG; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered inside image, center right: "Guns & Swords | Cleaned & Sold | Hear"; "St. John | go fight"; and "Port Mahon"
Signed in pen and black ink lower right: "GRAVELOT"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.438
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegorical | artillery | buildings | cannon balls | cannons (artillery) | military art | pistol | port | Rattus rattus (species) | rifles (artillery) | signage | soldiers | spear | swords | tricornes
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9930
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