17th century
12.9 x 21.2 cm (5 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (?-1830), sold; [through Samuel Woodburn, London, August 1835]; to William Esdaile, London (1835-1840), sold; [through Christies, London, June 30, 1840, lot 44]. Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Notes: 1. Following Sir Thomas Lawrence’s death in 1830 several years went by before the collection passed to Samuel Woodburn in 1835 due to some complications with stipulations in the will. 2. When Agnes Mongan offered the drawing to the museum in 1984, she stated that she had owned the drawing for a long time, at least fifty years.
Black chalk, brown and gray wash, and touches of brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, black chalk, brown ink, and brown wash, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache, and black chalk, prepared with brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on Japan paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to decorated blue laid paper; verso: red chalk offset
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray and brown wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on card, framing lines in black chalk
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench?Brown ink and brown wash on cream laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk, on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrench