19th century
actual: 32.9 x 44.2 cm (12 15/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Black crayon on ivory laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal with touches of white chalk on blue paper faded to brown
19th-20th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrench