Collection of French Costume Designs or Portrait Types; Title Page

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century

ca. 1785–90 · Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache · Drawings and Prints

Oval cartouche decorated by a garland of roses and ribbons, with two circular insets featuring a waistlength female portrait type in late eighteenth-century costume with a fichu and a oversized bonnet. ThetTitle inscription, originally done in graphite is partly erased and has become illegible.

Artist

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century

Date

ca. 1785–90

Medium

Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957