18th century
24.4 x 18.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, red chalk, gray wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on blue antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, white gouache on tan paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink with brown and red chalk wash over traces of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on white laid paper, laid down to the blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink over graphite on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor over graphite, on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and touches of white gouache on toned cream antique laid paper laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-18th centuryFrenchOil on paper over traces of graphite
18th-19th centuryFrench