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
Oil on paper over traces of graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray-brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and black chalk, blue paper borders adhered to face, laid down on a decorated mount with remnant of a ledger from 1713 on the verso
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red chalk and traces of white chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, decorated with dark blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, adhered to off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with traces of white gouache on blue laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink, laid down on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on modern paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over black crayon on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrench