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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773

Design for a Medal: Boths Hand Fil'd for Britain

between 1734 and 1736

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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, Design for a Medal: Boths Hand Fil'd for Britain, between 1734 and 1736, Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite with red chalk, squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink border lines, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1975.4.442.
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  • Accession Number

    B1975.4.442

  • Creator

    Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773

  • Title

    Design for a Medal: Boths Hand Fil'd for Britain

  • Date

    between 1734 and 1736

  • Materials & Techniques

    Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite with red chalk, squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink border lines

  • Dimensions

    Mount: 11 x 7 5/8 inches (27.9 x 19.4 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (10.5 × 10.5 cm), Sheet: 2 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (6 × 13.7 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Inscribed in pen with black ink, over graphite, upper left and right of circular image: "BOTH HANDS FIL'D FOR BRITAIN"; on mount, in graphite, upper right: "67707 D. Mellon; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper right: "68/12/20/60"

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Classification

    Drawings & Watercolors

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    design | emblem (allegorical picture) | female | figure (illustration) | genre subject | goddess | medal | spear

  • Associated People

    Minerva

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9933

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Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 236, fig. 13.06, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

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