18th century
50.3 x 29.2 cm (19 13/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Red and white chalk, squared in red chalk, on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite, with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper toned with brown wash, with framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown crayon and gray wash on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with pastel on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, and gray and brown wash over black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrench