18th century
21 × 14.3 cm (8 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)
Mrs. Augustus Mills, New York, by 1974, sold [through Christie’s, London, December 9, 1982, lot 221]. Private collector, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
Black crayon counterproof on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on wove paper, laid down on a matboard, framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and red wash over graphite on oiled wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk on pale green antique laid paper. Verso: Figural and architectura; sketches, graphite.
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench