1880
actual: 14.8 x 23.4 cm (5 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Charcoal and pastel on off-white wove 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 centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, adhered to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and watercolor on cream wove paper (discolored)
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache, and lead-white, with some scratching, on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on cream wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gouache with traces of graphite on tan wove paper
19th centuryFrench