19th century
14.3 x 13.5 cm (5 5/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Watercolor and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, colored pencil and black ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchConté crayon on beige modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on pale tan wove paper, darkened to reddish-brown
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchPastel on blue-gray wove paper, faded to tan within previous mat opening.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on thin 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 centuryFrench