18th century
actual: 22.3 x 35.5 cm (8 3/4 x 14 in.)
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down
18th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on tan antique laid card
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof heightened with white chalk on toned tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines, incised; verso: rubbed with red-brown chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench