18th century
20.4 × 14 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 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
Black ink and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite, and guidelines in red chalk and graphite 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
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and black and pink wash on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk, black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with framing lines in black ink on blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper and mounted to white wove card
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on tan antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench