18th century
53.2 × 40.5 cm (20 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Sale, Drouot (Ader-Tajan), Paris, 27 June 1992, lot 315; W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund and Richard Norton Memorial Fund, inv. no. 1993.163
Black ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
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 centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on faded antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with graphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on lightly discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card, framing lines in brown and 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 centuryFrenchRed chalk on paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, red chalk and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench