18th century
Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 3a
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper with folio 8b
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on light green antique laid paper; verso: reddened
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, framing line in graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrench