19th-20th century
mount: 27.4 x 36.3 cm (10 13/16 x 14 5/16 in.) actual: 17.6 x 25.3 cm (6 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.
Graphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache on blue wove paper
19th centuryBritishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash and black chalk
18th centuryItalianRed chalk with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray-blue watercolor, and spots of white gouache on cream wove paper; verso: graphite
20th centuryAmericanBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on paper
20th centuryAmericanInk and graphite on paper
20th centuryGermanBlack ink on cream card
20th centurySpanishTransparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryAmericanBrown ink and brown wash with traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, adhered to blue wove card
18th centuryFrench