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Drawing, Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham
This is a Drawing. It was created by Hubert-François Gravelot. It is dated 1737–38 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
37.3 × 23 cm (14 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: scheme of Churchill, 134.
It is signed
Signed in pen and ink, lower right: H. Gravelot inv. & delin.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and ink, verso: Sir Francis Walsingham
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham; Hubert-François Gravelot (French, active England, 1699 - 1773); France; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper; 37.3 × 23 cm (14 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-163
