Two Hunched Pheasants; verso: blank

Red chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Watercolor on cream antique laid paper

Black ink on tracing paper, laid down to cardboard

Gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Graphite on off-white antique laid paper

Parchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.

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

Black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor and touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite and brown ink

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black ink and gray-brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and black chalk, blue paper borders adhered to face, laid down on a decorated mount with remnant of a ledger from 1713 on the verso

Pastel on tan laid paper with blue fibers, wrapped around and adhered to canvas

Black ink and brown and gray wash over graphite on cream laid paper laid down on tan antique laid paper