Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Title:
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: IIK (letters)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.881
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
coat | horns | frontispiece (illustration) | forest | trees | nobleman | illusion, optical | reflection | genre subject | papers (document genres) | books | mirror | sandals | dress (in general) | fan (costume accessory) | lyre | clouds | lady | laurel crown | hooves (animal components) | crown (symbol of sovereignty) | satyr | The Toast: An Heroick Poem in Four Books (1736)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 40, no. 29, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)