18th century
33.7 x 23 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Rey de Villette, Paris; sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1987, lot 155, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1987, inv. no. D-F-163, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.2
graphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over graphite on tracing paper mounted on white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchTracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and gray wash, probably over graphite, framing lines in black ink, on off-white antique laid paper (laid down)
18th-19th centuryFrenchColored chalk on tan paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, watercolor, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, black and red chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench