Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types

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. The portrait on the left shows a full length woman seated on a bench. She is in profile facing left and wears a purple dress with a yellow collar and sash. She has a purple and yellow hat with green grass (?) leaves. In her right hand she holds a handkerchief. The portrait on the right depicts a woman from the waist up in profile facing left. She is wearing a red dress. She has a large green hat with red ribbons and holds a gilded fan in her left hand.

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