18th century
23.3 x 18.5 cm (9 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.70.9
Black ink and gray-brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and black chalk, blue paper borders adhered to face, laid down on a decorated mount with remnant of a ledger from 1713 on the verso
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 and red chalk wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk and graphite, incised; verso: reddened for transfer
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown and black ink and graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper with folio 12b (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, laid down to cardboard
18th-19th centuryFrench