id: 74675 accession number: 2019.252 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.252 updated: 2024-03-26 01:55:43.082000 Album of Military Drawings, c. 1820–35. Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1845). Album of 14 drawings; black crayon heightened with white chalk, some incised with orange-red pigment rubbed on verso (for transfer) on brown or gray wove paper; album, closed: 46.4 x 33.7 cm (18 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.); each sheet: 46 x 33 cm (18 1/8 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.252 title: Album of Military Drawings title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1820–35 creation date earliest: 1815 creation date latest: 1840 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: Album of 14 drawings; black crayon heightened with white chalk, some incised with orange-red pigment rubbed on verso (for transfer) on brown or gray wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Bound Volume find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1845) - artist --- measurements: Album, closed: 46.4 x 33.7 cm (18 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.); Each sheet: 46 x 33 cm (18 1/8 x 13 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Watermark: on album sheet, Canson & Montgolfier, Vidalon-les-Annonay translation: remark: inscription: inscribed inside front cover at lower left, in black ink: Croquis d’atelier / 14 dessins de Charlet en 13 pieces / q. q. uns avec annotations de sa main; inscribed inside back cover in black ink: ancienne collection / Maréchal Bazaine translation: remark: inscription: most individual sheets signed at lower right, in black chalk: charlet; some sheets inscribed on recto and verso translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Maréchal Bazaine [1811-1888], Paris, France date: footnotes: citations: (Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY) date: ?-1976 footnotes: citations: Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH date: 1976-2008 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 2, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES