19th century
12.7 x 14.1 cm (5 x 5 9/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.159

Pastel and black chalk on blue-speckled buff wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream modern laid paper (foxing and discolored)
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to white card and mounted to rag paper
19th centuryFrenchGouache over graphite on off-white modern laid paper, mounted on brown wove paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon and graphite
19th centuryFrenchPastel on blue modern laid paper, faded
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, brush and brown ink, and gouache over graphite on blue-gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on thin tracing paper, darkened, and adhered to laid paper
19th centuryFrench