18th century
14.4 x 20.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892
Red chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
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 centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWhite gouache over black gouache on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, black ink and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown and black ink, brown wash and white gouache, over traces of brown and chalk chalk, on gray-brown antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, yellow laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of black-ink wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and red chalk, laid down on cream 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 and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench