1761
10.8 x 15.7 cm (4 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.)
Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchColored chalks over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th 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 centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray ink, gray and brown wash on white laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on oiled, thin wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrench