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Three Ladies Seated Outdoors, One with Sketching Materials

1831·Pen and gray ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper·12.1 × 22.1 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1831
Medium: Pen and gray ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper
Dimensions: 12.1 × 22.1 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Charles Aubry

Artist

Charles Aubry

Printmaking

Charles Aubry was a French photographer and painter of the nineteenth century, active primarily in the 1850s and 1860s. Working in the early decades of photographic practice, he explored still life and nature subjects, often combining photographic processes with hand-coloring techniques. His work bridges the technical experimentation and artistic ambitions of mid-nineteenth-century France.

Paris, France

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