18th century
13 x 17.8 cm (5 1/8 x 7 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.196
Brown ink, brown wash, watercolor, and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper prepared with white gouache, adhered to canvas
17th-18th centuryFrench, LorraineseBrown ink, black chalk, and graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray-brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and black chalk, blue paper borders adhered to face, laid down on a decorated mount with remnant of a ledger from 1713 on the verso
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon and gray wash on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan
18th-19th centuryFrenchColored chalks over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench