18th century
21.9 × 12.7 cm (8 5/8 × 5 in.)
Possibly Dr. John Gilbert; Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, sold; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, inv. no. 1955.18
Black crayon on off-white antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on blue paper, discolored to brown, laid down, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, brown ink, and brown wash with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down
18th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink and brown and gray wash with black ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrench?Watercolor and touches of black ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and red chalk on cream laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
18th centuryFrench