19th century
actual: 31 x 47.2 cm (12 3/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Watercolor and graphite over brown printing ink on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchDistemper on wallpaper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper (a copy of "Proclamation de l'Empereur")
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th-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 chalk on cream paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchCrayon
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on tan wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, white gouache, and brown ink over graphite and partial stylus outlining, on white wove paper
19th centuryFrench