18th century
22.7 x 15.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.)
[Christie's, New York, January 30, 1998, lot 248] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 107, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid card, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a cream card, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on parchment laid down to white laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk, stumping, on light-tan antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on antique (?) laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink and brown wash
18th centuryFrench