18th century
23.5 x 18.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.6
Black and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in gray and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: watercolor and black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache and black and white chalk with some stumping, on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and red chalk wash with touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown and gray wash, and white gouache over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, pricked for transfer around oval framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of white chalk; verso: black chalk with traces of graphite on light-tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrench