18th century
26.7 x 42.8 cm (10 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.)
[Christie's, South Kensington, 19 April 1996, lot 176] sold; to Charles Haar, Cambridge
Red chalk over counterproof (?) on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, brown ink, and brown wash with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrench