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
Red chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on parchment laid down to white laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGouache on off-white antique-laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink and brown and gray wash with black ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray ink and touches of brown wash over red chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash, watercolor and white gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream paper
18th centuryFrench