19th century
55.3 x 37.2 cm (21 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Brown wash on ivory laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon and scratchwork on paper coated with gesso and incised with fine vertical lines for reproduction by "gillotage"
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
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and graphite on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk, brown crayon, and white chalk over graphite on cream paper with blue flecks
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash on white wove paper.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on heavy off-white paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench