18th century
19.8 x 29 cm (7 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer; Fogg Art Museum, 1979
Brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cotton/linen, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchRed crayon on antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream laid paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk on beige antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with framing lines in black ink on blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper and mounted to white wove card
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench