Probably dating from the late 1780's or early 1790's, this sketchbook, initially attributed to Claude Hoin (1750-1817), has yet to be firmly ascribed to a known artist.
Watermark: Letters "IBR". Seen on first blue page of sketchbook. Each individual letter is centered between chain lines.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "DLG". Each individual letter is centered between chain lines of first brown page.
Anonymous, French School, 18th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 164-165.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 125.