18th century
actual: 23.4 x 36 cm (9 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.223
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchpen, brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream antique-laid paper (affixed to old mount)
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, charcoal, and red chalk on off-white wove paper, adhered to a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper
18th centuryFrench