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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45), Design for an Ornamental Cartouche: Engraved Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485?-1540), undated
- Title:
Design for an Ornamental Cartouche: Engraved Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485?-1540)
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (36.5 x 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center left (withing vignette design):"Thos Cromwell [illegible?]" ; lower center (within vignette design): "original ornament as | designed by Houbraken"; in pen with gray ink, lower right, (outside of vignette): "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE"; [Shamed be he who thinks evil of it-translation]; in graphite, lower right of sheet: "49"; Verso: inscribed in pen with brown ink, uipper center: "Thos Cromwel Earl of Essex"
Watermark: Pro Patria
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4268
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Cartouche | Chair - Arm | crown | figures (illustrations) | genre subject | key | men | Order of the Garter | ornament | portrait | seated | standing (posture in worship) | sword
- Associated People:
- King Henry VIII
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9997
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