1805-1806
23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Jacques-Louis David, David Estate sale, Paris, A. N. Pérignon, 1826. sale, April 17, 1826, lot 75 or 79 Duchesse de Bassano, to her daughter Mlle de Bassano. Mademoiselle de Bassano. Martin Birnbaum, purchased from Mlle de Bassano, 1937, for Grenville L. Winthrop. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, purchased 1937, bequest to Fogg, 1943.
Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and white gouache over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream modern laid paper (foxing and discolored)
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to white card and mounted to rag paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on tracing paper; verso: traces of brown oil paint above and below tiger and along top of his back
19th centuryFrenchTransparent and opaque watercolor with additional gum glazes and graphite on tan wove paper, adhered to tan wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite with touches of brown ink on cream wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal on white paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tan tracing paper, incised, laid down to off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrench