Title: Preparatory Studies for Plates 90 and 91 of "Maisons de plaisance," Volume II
Object type: Drawing
Date: 18th century
Artist:  Jacques François Blondel 
Artist bio: French, Rouen 1705–1774 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red chalk over traces of black chalk. Horizontal black-chalk line at center, and round compass marks in black chalk on lower drawing
Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.  (22.7 x 25.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1986
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Birds, term: Ornament, term: Flowers