Gabriel-Jacques De Saint-Aubin French School 18th.Century Chalk Drawing Circa.1760 Watercolour Portrait Some surface grubbiness all to

Some surface grubbiness all to no real detriment

Pen ink and watercolour drawing laid on original mount signed in pencil lower left

An archive collection of sixteen watercolour & pen and ink sketches of primarily Shakespearean subjects

He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and several of his paintings are now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum

Gabriel-Jacques De Saint-Aubin French School 18th.Century Chalk Drawing Circa.1760 Watercolour Portrait Some surface grubbiness all toGabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin. 1724 1780. French School 18th. Century. Black and white chalk drawing stumped in black chalk. An elegant couple. He in masquerade costume wearing butterfly wings, attended by winged cupids, a carriage waits in the street behind. Drawn on buff laid paper, Crown watermark and stamp to reverse with old attribution to Hubert Gravelot 1699 1773. Very slight foxing and area of skinning to no real detriment. Provenance: Alan