Spoonbill; verso: Two Birds in Shallow Water

Red, brown, and pink chalk, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite

Red chalk counterproof, with red chalk additions, on cream antique laid paper

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

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk, heightened with white, on discolored blue antique-laid paper

Brown and black ink, brown and gray wash, black and red chalk, and off-white oil paint on cream antique laid paper, incised for transfer, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper (remnant of a register of names), adhered to a decorated mount

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face

Black ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down