c. 1760
14.3 x 11.1 cm (5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
[Sotheby's, New York, January 27, 1999, lot 153 (as attributed to Augustin de Saint-Aubin)]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 97, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Red and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon.
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
18th centuryFrenchVernet: Brown in on off-white modern laid paper. The acidic ink has eated into the paper (17.7 cm x 11.3 cm). Pujol: Brown ink on white wove paper laid down to the sheet with the Vernet caricature (5 cm x 6.2 cm).
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchTracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, graphite, watercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, adhered to cream antique laid paper, adhered to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench