early 19th century
Drawing
32.2 x 21.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Paper; leather binding
19th centuryPersianGraphite on off-white paper mounted overall to secondary support (album page) with green paper border (recto); Relief print and watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianLeft: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)
19th centuryPersianWatercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianBlack counterproof on off-white laid paper (recto); Colored inks and watercolor over black chalk on three sheets of off-white wove paper, mounted together (verso)
18th-19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianLeft: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk; Middle: brown ink on off-white wove paper; Middle verso: brown ink and watercolor, Right: red and blue-black inks on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersianInk and opaque watercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianWatercolor and gold over graphite on beige wove paper (recto); Watercolor, silver and black ink on beige wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianBrown ink and gold ruling lines on off-white wove paper (recto); Note: drawing mounted overall with colored paper borders (recto); Graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)
19th centuryPersianBlack ink on green- blue Eastern paper; pricked (recto); Black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper; with gold and ink margin lines, pricked and selectively pounced with red chalk (verso)
19th centuryPersianBrown counterproof on off-white wove paper; blind embossing on verso (recto); Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red ink over graphite, watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersian