DrawingsFrench18th century

The See-Saw

c. 1786

Artists

Hubert RobertArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, brown wash, and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

44.8 × 32.5 cm (17 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles E. Dunlap, New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap, inv. no. 1956.250

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