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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 and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- 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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