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.
Transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th-19th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, remounted
18th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk, with a framing line in graphite, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
17th-18th centuryDutchGraphite, squared in graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor on 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 centuryDutch