c. 1840-1845
actual: 23.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon
19th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with pastel on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchDistemper on wallpaper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, colored pencil and black ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack wash on paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on brown modern laid paper, lined to Japanese paper
19th centuryFrench