Allegorical Figure of Melancholy
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Charles de La Traverse
Artist bio: French, Paris 1726–1787 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1763
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 12 x 7 15/16 in.  (30.5 x 20.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Van Day Truex Fund, 1983
Accession year: 1983
Tags: Birds|Books|Women|Owls