c. 1850
actual: 20.5 x 31.1 cm (8 1/16 x 12 1/4 in.)
Graphite 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
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19th centuryFrench