c. 1830
actual: 27.5 x 20.9 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Brush and gray and brown wash, white gouache, and graphite over black and brown ink on yellow-brown tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBlack and colored chalks on buff laid paper
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 centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to folded laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on pale tan wove paper, darkened to reddish-brown
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink with brown and gray wash on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrench