18th century
15.9 x 26.6 cm (6 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Two unidentified collector's mark (their marks, lower right, brown and blue ink); Darton, Avignon, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952, inv. no. 1952.89
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on tan antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchPen and dark brown ink over graphite on cream modern laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench