c. 1780
Facing three-quarters left, she takes her position for a step in the minuet and casts a glance behind her over her right shoulder as she points her left foot forward; her left hand is place on her hip beneath her pannier.
38.1 x 24.7 cm (15 x 9 3/4 in.)
Thomas Dimsdale, London (his mark, L.2426, lower left); William Mayor, London (his mark, L.2799, lower right); his sale, London, June 1875, lot 583; John Postle Heseltine, London; Guiraud Brothers, Paris; E. Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York; Meta and Paul J. Sachs (by 1919); Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, inv. no. 1965.276
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk over traces of black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to 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 centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: gray wash
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrench