18th century
18.7 x 23.6 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.5
Watercolor and black ink over black chalk on cream laid paper, top edge trimmed, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite and watercolor
18th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and black-chalk sauce, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper, prepared with blue ground
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrench