About the Artwork
Heraldic Design for Pococke's "A Description of the East," London
1743
Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
French
Unknown
Pen and black ink and brown wash over graphite pencil on ivory laid paper
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 6 5/16 inches (9 × 16 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
71.40
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, center on banner: IARVRES EJ GNU (in reverse, UNG JE SERVIRAI, "one will I serve")
Provenance
Roederer Collection
1971, Paul L. Grigaut (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors. Cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1992, p. 210, no. 98.
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Hubert François Gravelot, Heraldic Design for Pococke's "A Description of the East," London, 1743, pen and black ink and brown wash over graphite pencil on ivory laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 71.40.
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