18th century
31.3 x 24.4 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Melvin R. Seiden.
Black ink on tracing paper, laid down to cardboard
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk, and black ink, with touches of white gouache, on blue antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, squared in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on white paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of black and white chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on antique (?) laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink and brown wash
18th centuryFrench