18th century
21 × 14.3 cm (8 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)
Mrs. Augustus Mills, New York, by 1974, sold [through Christie’s, London, December 9, 1982, lot 221]. Private collector, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
graphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, gray wash, and touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and gray ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper, border ruled in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof, with red chalk additions, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, adhered to cream card, faced with blue laid paper
18th centuryFrench