c. 1809-1810
actual: 13.5 x 8.4 cm (5 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Achille Leclère. Achille Lecère and heirs Mme Fassier. Claude Darton, Avignon. Unidentified Dealer, Paris. Lucien Goldschmidt, New York. Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, New York.
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchCharcoal on tan wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash on cream wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, black wash, and white chalk on tan paperboard
19th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchColored chalk on cream modern laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchColored pencil and black ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk, heightened with white, over graphite on tan wove paper, discolored
19th centuryFrenchOil on paper-covered board
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrench