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 crayon and gray wash on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchgraphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in gray and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench