c. 1868 - 1870
actual: 23.6 x 48.3 cm (9 5/16 x 19 in.)
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Created, Atelier Degas sold at Vente IV, no. 136c, 1919. Marcel Bing. Vignier. Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Lent to Fogg in 1936
Graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGray and black wash over traces of graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash on cream wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, pen and black and brown ink, watercolor, and brown wash, with a border in red crayon, on white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white gouache on thin tan wove paper, laid down to cardboard
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, black crayon, with touches of graphite and white chalk corrections, scraping and extensive stumping, on cream wove paper, darkened
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to white card and mounted to rag paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrench