Two Costume Designs or Portrait Studies. Woman with a Bird and a Woman with Binoculars
Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century
ca. 1785–90 · Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache · Drawings and Prints
Page with two round portraits in blue and green tones. The left portraits shows a woman in a frontal pose, gazing towards the right and holding a bird in her left hand. She wears a corseted dress and a straw hat with ribbons and feathers. The right portrait shows a woman in profile facing left and holding binoculars in her left hand. She wears a corseted dress and a large bonnet. A gilt frame is indicated on the left side of the portrait. In between the two roundels are sketches of a harp, a bird cage, and a garland containing flowers and ribbons.
- 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
