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Design for a Book Illustration [?]

Hubert François Gravelot

18th century

Medium

Pen and gray ink with graphite

Tags

MenWomen

Dimensions

2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in. (5.3 x 4.4 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1944

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Hubert François Gravelot

1699–1773 • France

Born 26 March 1699; died 19 April 1773. In 1733, Gravelot opened a drawing school in London, England. He returned to France in 1745. Comment on works: Genre; Portraits; Book Illustrator

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