18th century
A design for an architectural ornament.
15.7 x 13.4 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Philip Hofer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper decorated with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of white chalk; verso: black chalk with traces of graphite on light-tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPastel
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, extensively stumped, with white chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on cream wove paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench