18th century
Peasant women fill their water pots at the antique well under a tree at the left; in the middle distance is a lake dotted with sailing vessels; at the right mountains rise steeply from the lake's shores.
16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Pfaff. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892
Red chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, joined and pieced with the artist's corrections on seven additional irregular pieces of the same paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a Mariette mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, guidelines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache and black ink, on colored (?) antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and red-chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk and brown ink, partially incised, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink over graphite on discolored white paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and gray wash over black chalk on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brownish red chalk, red chalk wash, brown wash and graphite
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of white chalk; verso: black chalk with traces of graphite on light-tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench