c. 1860-1863
30 x 23.3 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Paul Bureau, Paris, before 1923, sold; [Bureau sale, May 20, 1927, lot 76]. [Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York]., sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
Graphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
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