Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types and a Sketch

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 gouache and a third round sketch in graphite and ink. The left portrait shows a woman turned slightly toward the left. She is wearing a red jacket with a fichu and a creme corseted dress. She wears a large straw hat with pink bows, a blue flower, and green leaves. The woman in the portrait on the right turned towards the left, but has turned her had towards the viewer. She wears a corseted, blue and yellow striped dress with yellow trimming and buttons. She has a large white hat with blue stripes and ribbons. The graphite sketch above the two gouache portraits shows a bust of woman who wears an oversized bonnet-style hat. The portrait is framed and part of the frame is decorated by a string of garlands.

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