c. 1853-1855
actual: 25.5 x 33.6 cm (10 1/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Black chalk counterproof on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on thin buff wove tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and white gouache on tan wove paper, darkened.
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and black chalk on tan wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to 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 centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk and brown ink on faded blue laid paper
19th centuryFrench