18th century
11.2 x 13.6 cm (4 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.
Transparent watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench23 drawings in black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash with traces of white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th 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 centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrench