c. 1853-1856
15.2 x 31.2 cm (6 x 12 5/16 in.)
Jeanne Fèvre (the artist's niece), by descent. Anonymous collection, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956
Distemper on wallpaper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal, gray wash, and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown ink, brown and blue washes and white gouache on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tracing paper, darkened
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, with red chalk in the study at left, on cream modern laid paper. Badly foxed and discolored; old vertical centerfold.
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black chalk over graphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on thin tracing paper, darkened, and adhered to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and black crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchPastel and black chalk on blue-speckled buff wove paper
19th centuryFrench