Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea
Artist, French, 1714 - 1789

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with brown wash on greenish laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 13.4 x 21.2 cm (5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2009.70.241
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Jacques Auguste Boussac [b. 1885], Paris (Lugt, 729b); probably his sale, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 10-11 May 1926, lots 237-238); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2012
Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 176 (color).
Wikidata ID
Q64540149