18th century
A wall fountain decorated with two dolphins with interlaced tails.
14.7 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Maurice de Fleury. Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932
Graphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over traces of graphite, with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a cream card, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, with framing line in black ink, laid down on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, black and red chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrench