18th century
actual: 41 x 24.8 cm (16 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.127
Brown and white chalk on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on cream wove paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown and gray wash, and white gouache over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, pricked for transfer around oval framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and touches of white gouache on toned cream antique laid paper laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchTransparent watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrench