Design for an Armorial Escutcheon
Anonymous, British, 19th century
19th century
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
9 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (24.6 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Transfered from the Museum Archives
Accession Number
X.811
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Coat of Arms
About the Artist
Anonymous, British, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, British, 19th century** is not the name of a single individual but a standard museum attribution used for works whose creators remain unidentified yet are clearly British and date to the 1800s. Major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, employ this designation for hundreds of drawings, prints, designs, and decorative studies that lack signatures or firm documentary ...