c. 1880
36.8 x 31.6 cm (14 1/2 x 12 7/16 in.)
Andre Mellerio [Redon scholar]; Count Petiet; Carstairs Gallery; The New Gallery; Richard B. Sisson [by 1958], New York City and Cuba, New York; bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005
Black ink on tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchRed crayon on cream antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack wash and white gouache over graphite on brown paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, with touches of brown ink, on cream paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor, and white gouache on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache, pastel, and lead-white, with scratching and light varnish, on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with erasures on off-white paper, darkened
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper (a copy of "Proclamation de l'Empereur")
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper, backed, traced with a stylus after mounting, squared
19th centuryFrenchBrown oil paint (applied with dry brush) over charcoal on commercially prepared paper
19th centuryFrench