Memorial to the Napoleonic Naval Heroes Admiral Federico Carlos de Gravina and Rear-Admiral Don Antonio Escaño, Defeated at the Battle of Trafalgar
date: label: Date
content: after 1805
name: label: Attributed to
content: Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical format; standing in a park; it consists of a fluted monumental column of Doric style, with a genius raising a torch with her right hand and holding a torch in her left hand; two lateral groups, with a genius standing in front of a panopoly and pointing at a scroll across one of the shields - that at left bears the inscription: A GRAVINA; that at right: A ESCANO. Column and groups stand upon a terrace to which steps lead; the groups have angular pedestals; the column rises above a broad and high base, having a door in the center and a frieze, representing at left, the reception of a warlord by savages, at right the reception of a lady; upon a narrower base, around the pedestal of the column, are the figures of three women; the one at the front holds a paper sword, the one at right, probably a sword, the one at front wares a helmet and is surrounded by unidentified elements. (RB '45) Identification of the Naval heroes Admiral Federigo Carlos de Gravina (who died of wounds received during the battle of Trafalgar and Rear-Admiral Antonio don Antonio Escaño by Phyllis Massar, 1992 (see 1938-88-7180 file within Valadier artist file). Attribution to Valadier by Rudolf Berliner, 1945. Previously titled (by Berliner) "Project for a Monument."
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7180
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, gray, green, blue watercolor, over graphite Support: white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 60.2 x 46.2 cm (23 11/16 x 18 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)