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 and white chalk on lightly faded blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash with traces of white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench23 drawings in black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid 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 centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on heavy cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, mounted
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrench