Scrapbook with Textile Patterns on Transfer Paper
19th century
Medium
Pen and ink, graphite, and gouache over transfer paper
Dimensions
13 3/4 × 9 1/16 × 9/16 in. (35 × 23 × 1.5 cm)
Classification
Albums
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Benjamin E. Marks, 1967
Accession Number
67.746.2
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...