18th century
actual: 21.4 x 15.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.138
Watercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over black chalk on cream laid paper, top edge trimmed, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, joined and pieced with the artist's corrections on seven additional irregular pieces of the same paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a Mariette mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper paper, squared in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, white gouache, black ink, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, guidelines in graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchPen and dark brown ink over graphite on cream modern laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrench23 drawings in black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite, with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper toned with brown wash, with framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGouache on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench