Standing Bird; verso: Flying Bird of Prey

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face

Black chalk, brown ink, and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Brown and black ink, gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper, laid down

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

Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face

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

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

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Brown and gray wash, black chalk, and traces of red chalk heightened with gum arabic(?) on cream antique laid paper prepared with gum arabic, laid down on a decorated mount

Black ink and gray wash over black chalk on white laid paper