18th-19th century
16.5 x 21 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.
Graphite on off-white wove paper
20th centuryAmericanWatercolor and graphite on white wove paper
20th centuryAmericanBlack crayon on back of letter
20th centuryGermanGouache, graphite and colored pencil on off-white wove paper
20th centuryAmericanColored marker on paper
20th centuryGermanBrown ink over red chalk, squared in graphite for transfer, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianCharcoal on heavyweight gray wove paper
20th centuryAmericanBlack chalk heightened with white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown and black ink, brown wash, and watercolor on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: traces of graphite
17th centuryFrenchColored marker on paper
20th centuryGermanBrown ink and brown wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed and black marker, and black ink on paper
21st centuryGerman