19th century
39.1 x 52.7 cm (15 3/8 x 20 3/4 in.)
[Shepherd Gallery, New York] sold; to Joseph Jeffers Dodge, Jacksonville, Florida, 1983, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997
Watercolor
19th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolor over graphite on cream paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink with touches of graphite on light tan wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on brown cardboard
19th-20th centuryFrench