c. 1760-1780
50.7 x 38.8 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 152] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 115, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper; verso: graphite and touches of white chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, and gray and brown wash over black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and charcoal on off-white wove paper, mounted to light tan laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrownish red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on modern paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench