A Norwegian (Played by Monsieur Durand) in Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège

A Small House Surrounded by a Wall atop a Hill, 1717

Camera Obscura with Optical Viewing Device, late 18th century

Design for the Altar of Notre-Dame de Paris

Narcissus and Hyacinth from Album of Flowers

The Night of 9 and 10 Thermidor in the Year II

Louis René Boquet

(French, 1717-1814)

A Norwegian (Played by Monsieur Durand) in Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège, 1767

Pen and brown ink, watercolor
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TB-20 (B,2)-PET FOL

Louis XV

(French, 1710-1774)

A Small House Surrounded by a Wall atop a Hill, 1717

Pen and brown ink.
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RÉSERVE AD-13-FOL

Unknown maker

Camera Obscura with Optical Viewing Device, late 18th century

Wood, metal, paint, optical lens.
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Étienne-Louis Boullée

(French, 1728-1799)

Cross Section of Newton’s Cenotaph, 1784

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
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RÉSERVE HA-57-BOÎTE FT 4, ESTNUM-35899, PLANCHE NO. 8

François-Antoine Vassé

(French, 1681-1736)

Design for the Altar of Notre-Dame de Paris, 1718

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor
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VA-420-FT 4

Anne-Louis Girodet

(French, 1767-1824)

Celeste Coltellini Drawing from Italian Sketchbook, 1790-95.

Red and black chalk
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RÉSERVE DC-48 (C)-4

Jean-Jacques Lequeu

(French,1757–1826)

Heads of Little Tawny Owls from Cayenne, before 1825

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
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RÉSERVE HA-80 (C, 8)-FOL

François Boucher

(French, 1703-1770)

Herdsman Fleeing with his Beasts, c. 1730–31

Red chalk
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RÉSERVEB-6 (A, 20)-BOÎTE ECU

Charles-Antoine Coypel

(French, 1694-1752)

History Stopping Time, c. 1725–26

Graphite, pen and black ink, red chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white
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RÉSERVE B-6 (E, 7)-BOÎTE FOL

Jean-Baptiste Chevillion

(French, d. 1758)

Miniature Carriage, 1740-50

Pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown, yellow, blue, and red wash over black chalk
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RÉSERVE HD-64-FT 4

Madeleine Françoise Basseporte

(French, 1701-1780)

Narcissus and Hyacinth from Album of Flowers, mid-18th century

Gouache with double border in pen and red ink and gold leaf on vellum
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RÉSERVE JD-33-PET FOL

André Dutertre

(French, 1753-1842)

Temple of Karnak, Colossus of Ramses II, 1798-1817

Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
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RÉSERVE UB-181 (F BIS)-FT 4, MFILM M-23965

Uknown Artist

The Amorous Ploy, or the Toilette à la Mode, 1780

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
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RÉSERVE QB-201 (112)-FOL, HENNIN 9826

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

(French, 1724-1780)

The May Exhibition, 1769

Pen and black ink, watercolor, on parchment
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RÉSERVE VE-53 (H)-FOL, COLLECTION DESTAILLEUR, 1062

Fulchran-Jean Harriet

(French, 1776-1805)

The Night of 9 and 10 Thermidor in the Year II, 1795–96

Graphite, black chalk, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white
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RÉSERVE ZF-92-BOÎTE FOL, SMITH-LESOUËF, 3101