19th century
actual: 7.1 x 9.9 cm (2 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. Provenance uncertain J. Fred Bianchi, Amsterdam. Sale: Amsterdam, 23-27 November 1964, lot 852 Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Black crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and traces of graphite on cream wove paper
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.
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on brown paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper, discolored.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid card, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, squared in graphite, on tracing paper
19th centuryFrench