18th century
31 x 22.1 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979, inv. no. 1979.33
Brown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album page)
18th centuryFrenchGray and black-ink wash and white opaque watercolor with traces of black chalk on blue laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchFolio album in brown quarter leather binding, brown marbled boards.
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 black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on two adhered sheets of cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, graphite, watercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench