Napoleon, Nude, Crowning Himself; verso: Sketch for the Loge of Madame Mère

Graphite on cream laid paper

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk and gray wash on heavy white wove paper; verso: black chalk

Brown wash on light tan wove paper

Brown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper

Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper

Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper

Graphite on cream wove paper

graphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper

Black crayon, traces of graphite on white laid paper

Colored chalks over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount

Black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper