Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham
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 Sir Francis Walsingham. Two escutcheons, the top one blank and intended for the portrait, surrounded by a mortar board, seal, book, and bird at lower left. At bottom, the frame contains a figural scene depicting the presentation of a portrait painting to a seated woman.
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: 1911-28-163
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 ink, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.3 × 23 cm (14 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)