18th century
23.2 x 18.6 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.12
Bound 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 gouache on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGouache and watercolor on cream wove paper adhered to light tan wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with touches of white gouache, and guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor with touches of graphite on cream paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black crayon on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 6a
18th centuryFrench