18th century
23.5 x 18.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.7
Black ink and brown and gray wash over graphite on cream laid paper laid down on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, brush and brown wash, and brown ink on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchgreen, brown, gray, and blue watercolor over graphite on white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchMarble paper-covered boards and black leather spine; thirty pages of off-white antique laid 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.
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18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border 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 on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, laid down to cardboard
18th-19th centuryFrench