18th century
actual: 28.1 x 35.1 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (L. 2725, without his mark). 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. Note Provenance information from inscriptions in J.W. Randall's hand from his mount.
Black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink over incised guidelines
18th centuryDutchBlack and touches of white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, inlaid
18th centuryDutchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBrown wash, gray ink, and gray wash over traces of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBrown wash on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk counterproof, strengthened with charcoal and incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white wove paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th-19th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutch