18th century
From catalogue card: Purchased from Maison Manteau, rue St. Honoré, Paris
Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on heavy off-white laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and red wash over graphite on oiled wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with tan antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench