c. 1814
17.8 x 26.4 cm (7 x 10 3/8 in.)
Achille Leclère. Achille Lecère and heirs Mme Frasier. Claude Darton, Avignon.
Watercolor and graphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan paper
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18th-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.
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19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan wove paper with ruled lines
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
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