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Louis René Boquet
(French, 1717-1814)A Norwegian (Played by Monsieur Durand) in Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège, 1767
Pen and brown ink, watercolorBibliothèque nationale de France
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.Bibliothèque nationale de France
RÉSERVE AD-13-FOL
Unknown maker
Camera Obscura with Optical Viewing Device, late 18th century
Wood, metal, paint, optical lens.Bibliothèque nationale de France
RÉSERVE MUSÉE OBJ-204-PT FT
Étienne-Louis Boullée
(French, 1728-1799)Cross Section of Newton’s Cenotaph, 1784
Pen and black ink, brush and gray washBibliothèque nationale de France
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, watercolorBibliothèque nationale de France
VA-420-FT 4
Anne-Louis Girodet
(French, 1767-1824)Celeste Coltellini Drawing from Italian Sketchbook, 1790-95.
Red and black chalkBibliothèque nationale de France
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 washBibliothèque nationale de France
RÉSERVE HA-80 (C, 8)-FOL
François Boucher
(French, 1703-1770)Herdsman Fleeing with his Beasts, c. 1730–31
Red chalkBibliothèque nationale de France
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 whiteBibliothèque nationale de France
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 chalkBibliothèque nationale de France
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 vellumBibliothèque nationale de France
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 washBibliothèque nationale de France
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 washBibliothèque nationale de France
RÉSERVE QB-201 (112)-FOL, HENNIN 9826
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
(French, 1724-1780)The May Exhibition, 1769
Pen and black ink, watercolor, on parchmentBibliothèque nationale de France
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 whiteBibliothèque nationale de France
RÉSERVE ZF-92-BOÎTE FOL, SMITH-LESOUËF, 3101