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 on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink over graphite on discolored white paper
18th centuryFrenchModern wove paper printed in black ink, annotated in brown and black ink and graphite, attached to a sheet of antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchgraphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryFrenchFabricated red chalk on white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount, extended at top
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash over faint black crayon on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrench