19th century
Black watercolor and black chalk on thin cream wove paper; verso: black chalk on thin cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream laid 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 white gouache on white wove paper; parts of the background have been varnished
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and traces of graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, squared, on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchIron-gall ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, white gouache, brown wash, and graphite on tan wove paper with ruled lines, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink with touches of blue watercolor on off-white laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrench