Design for an Ornamental Border Used for the Surround to the General Chart in John Pine's "Tapestry Hangings in the House of Lords"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1739
name: label: Artist
content: Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England
label: Publisher
content: John Pine, English, 1690 - 1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The central shape and four not quite complete circles (intended for globes) in each corner are cut out. At the top center of the ornamental framing border (which incorporates scroll-work), there is a diadem made of ship prows; at the bottom center, the head of Neptune with some of his attributes. At the upper right of the ornamental border, the seated figure of Britannia holds a sword and shield to vanquish the figures (at lower right) of Envy (a bare-breasted woman holding a snake), Superstition (a blindfolded figure holding a torch) and Spain (a fallen man, holding a sword, next to a tower and lion). At the upper left, the personification of True Religion (a draped, seated woman holding a book and torch) presides above lightning and the fleeing figures of Hypocrisy, Ignorance and Popery (woman and fox, devil, monk at lower left).
place: label: made in
content: London, England
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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 Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1946-2-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and brown ink and brown wash over gray ink on white laid paper in six sections, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 37.5 x 60.9 cm (14 3/4 x 24 in.)