1775-1780
actual: 21.2 x 15.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray and black-ink wash and white opaque watercolor with traces of black chalk on blue laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan wove paper, squared in black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper; verso: graphite and touches of white chalk
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown wash over graphite
18th centuryFrench