c. 1856
actual: 47.6 x 30.9 cm (18 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Atelier Degas sold at Vente IV, no. 95c, 1919. Scott & Fowles, New York, Purchased from Atelier Degas?, Sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, 10/16/20; Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Watercolor over graphite on buff paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on three sheets of white laid paper, joined vertically at left and horizontally on top.
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, red chalk, gray wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on blue antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalks on buff wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on buff wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor, and white gouache on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on japanese paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchTransparent watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrench