18th century
A design for an architectural ornament.
15.7 x 13.4 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Philip Hofer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929
Red chalk on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, white gouache, black ink, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, guidelines in graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, brown ink, and graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench