1897
16.3 x 12.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Marie Closset (pen name Jean Dominique), gift to May Sarton. given to May Sarton before Closset's death in 1952 May Sarton, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
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19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
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19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on cream wove paper, graphite framing lines
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
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19th centuryFrench