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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Design for a Medal: Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales, undated
- Title:
Design for a Medal: Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink, over graphite with red chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 × 7 5/8 inches (27.9 × 19.4 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (10.5 × 10.5 cm), Sheet: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (6 x 6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite within image, upper center: "Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales"; in graphite, on mount, upper right: "6707 [C?] Mellon"; Verso: inscribed in graphite on mount, upper right: "68/12/20/58"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.440
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- design | figures (illustrations) | medal | military art | portrait | prince | princess
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9931
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Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 243, fig. 13.15, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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