Perched Bird Looking over its Shoulder; verso: blank

Folio recto: Blank; verso: Crane Standing on One Leg Looking Upward

Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper

François Boucher, 18th century

Boy Holding an Egg

Red and white chalk on tan antique laid paper

Folio recto: Blank; verso: Perched Magpie, Perched Woodpecker, and a Bird in Flight

Verso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Drawing

Man in Oriental Costume Holding a Pipe

Charles-André, called Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink

Cupid Holding a Laurel Wreath and Spear

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, la Marquise de Pompadour, c. 1751-1752

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Partially Draped Head of a Young Woman

Antoine Coypel, 17th-18th century

Red and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened

17th-18th centuryFrench

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Drawing

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1776

Sketchbook page

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: gray wash

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, c. 1742

Black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink

Four Birds; verso: Two Wild Ducks

Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper

Seated Duck; verso: blank

Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper