1806
13.2 x 20.7 cm (5 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1997, lot 279]. [Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2000, lot 218] sold; to Charles Haar, Cambridge
Brown wash and black chalk on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, gray ink and gray wash, watercolor, white gouache, over graphite on cream 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 centuryFrenchGraphite, gouache, and watercolor on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache, and gold paint over charcoal on beige wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack wash and white gouache over graphite on brown paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and charcoal, extensively stumped, with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench