1816
22.2 x 31.8 cm (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Georges Bourgarel [sale, Hotel Drout, Paris, November 13-15, 1922, lot 107]. Richard Owen, sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1928), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965
Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique 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 centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on brown modern laid paper, lined to Japanese paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, squared, on beige laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and black crayon, squared in black crayon, on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and white gouache on white wove paper; parts of the background have been varnished
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrench