18th century
24.5 × 20.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Possibly Lord Pensionary, Leiden. Possibly Richard Tucker, Exeter, England. Possibly John Collins Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1840, bequest to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1892. NOTE: The identity of the Lord Pensionary of Leiden remains unknown, there were only four men who held this position from 1700-1780: Joost van Heemskerk (1698-1701); Pieter Marcus (1702-1744); David van Roijen (1749-1753); and Jan Davidsz. van Roijen (1753-1780). See M. Prak, Gezeten burgers: De elite in een Hollandse stad Leiden 1700-1780, The Hague: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1985. The provenance is taken from an inscription on the old mat which may be in Randall's hand.
Black ink and gray wash over black chalk on two adhered sheets of off-white antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
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18th-19th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on off white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchGray ink, gray wash, black chalk, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchReddish brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and oxidized white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down, with a framing line in gray ink and graphite
18th centuryDutch