1996.129.1: Invitation to a Meeting of the "Brethren Natives" of Westminster

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.129.1

People

Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot, French (Paris 1699 - 1773 Paris)

Title

Invitation to a Meeting of the "Brethren Natives" of Westminster

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Design for an Invitation

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1755

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293352

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and brown ink and gray wash, over red chalk, on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

20.8 x 16.2 cm (8 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in central cartouche, recto, brown ink, in artist's hand: Sr; / Your company is Desired / to meet others your Brethren / Natives of this Ancient City at / Brother H. Griffith's at the brown Bear / at Westm.r Bridge on [blank space] next at / [blank space] o'Clock being [blank space] meeting.
• inscription: recto, under upper pair of allegorical figures, graphite, English: Liberty Loyalty
• inscription: gray and brown ink: Georg the II / MDCCLV
• inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: Original drawing by / Gravelot

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles Ryskamp, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Melvin R. Seiden

Accession Year

1996

Object Number

1996.129.1

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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