HUBERT-FRANOIS GRAVELOT (1699-1773)
HUBERT-FRANOIS GRAVELOT (1699-1773)

A GENTLEMAN STANDING BY A TWO LADIES AND A GENTLEMAN

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HUBERT-FRANOIS GRAVELOT (1699-1773)
A GENTLEMAN STANDING BY A TWO LADIES AND A GENTLEMAN
BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, GREY WASH
84 X 153 MM.
Provenance
JAMES WADMORE SALE; 8 MAY 1854, ACCORDING TO AN INSCRIPTION ON THE MOUNT.
PRINCE JOHANN GEORG VON SACHSEN.
Exhibited
MAINZ, NO. 28, FIG. 31.

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A SIMILAR DRAWING, WITH SMALL FIGURES, WAS WITH P.& D. COLNAGHI IN 1970. SAMUEL AND NATHANIEL BUCK EMPLOYED GRAVELOT TO DRAW FIGURES FOR THE 100 PLATES OF THEIR PERSPECTIVE VIEWS OF NEAR 100 CITIES AND CHIEF TOWNS IN ENGLANDS AND WALES. THE COLNAGHI DRAWING WAS USED FOR PLATE 55: SOUTH PROSPECT OF NOTTINGHAM.

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