Brown and gray wash, black chalk, and traces of red chalk heightened with gum arabic(?) on cream antique laid paper prepared with gum arabic, laid down on a decorated mount

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Medal Design, France and Spain: PERPETUA CONSANGUINITATIS FIDES

Louis-Claude Vassé, 1763

Red and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Embracing Figures with Urn; Trophy Supported by Standing Male Nudes

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 18th century

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Drawing

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Small Bird in Flight above Two Pheasants; verso: blank

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 18th century

Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Design for a Sculptural Decoration: Casket Supported by Acanthus Leaf Scrolls and Surmounted by Rams Heads and a Lyre

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, 18th century

Black ink, gray wash, and watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Head of a Woman; verso: Head

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1758

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Design for a Sculptural Decoration: Two Caryatids Supporting Two Lions Seated on a Truncated and Fluted Column, Surmounted by a Crowned Eagle

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, 18th century

Black ink and gray wash with watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Design for a Ceiling

Charles Percier, c. 1798-1804

Watercolor on white antique laid paper

18th-19th centuryFrench