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Drawing, Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Thomas Otway
This is a Drawing. It was created by Hubert-François Gravelot. It is dated 1737–41 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash, red chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
37.2 × 23.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily over LVG
It is signed
Signed in pen and ink, lower right: H. Gravelot inv. et del.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and ink, centered within frame: OTWAY.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Thomas Otway; Hubert-François Gravelot (French, active England, 1699 - 1773); France; pen and ink, brush and wash, red chalk on paper; 37.2 × 23.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2439
