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 ink and brown wash on white modern laid 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 on light tan paper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal on cream paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash, black ink border, on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, pen and black and brown ink, watercolor, and brown wash, with a border in red crayon, on white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGouache on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream paper, laid down on beige paper
19th centuryFrenchPastel on blue modern laid paper, faded
19th centuryFrench