La Balance, Design for Zodiac Porcelain Plate

A small framed scene in brown wash shows a large balance with a woman in a long white dress on one pan, a man on the other, and a boy in a dark coat standing at center. Drawn in pen, brown ink and white gouache on cream paper, the sheet has a handwritten French caption below the scene.

Artist

Jean Charles Develly

Date

1824

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1729 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum