Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
date: label: Date
content: 1737–38
name: label: Artist
content: Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for frame surrounding the portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset. Two escutcheons; the upper one blank and intended for the portrait. The lower escutcheon contains a figural scene depicting the ceremonial dubbing of Edward VI. Framing lines and narrow paper margins.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-165
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, red chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.8 × 22.9 cm (14 1/2 × 9 in.)