18th century
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon counterproof on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite, and guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with pastel on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrench