18th century
18.5 x 23.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.15
Black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchPastel on paper, wrapped around and adhered to canvas
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchColored chalks over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, heightened with white, on discolored blue antique-laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPen with black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench