c. 1800-1850
26.5 x 16.8 cm (10 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Top: blue counterproof on off-white Eastern paper (recto); Middle: watercolor and colored inks on off-white paper (recto); Middle: pink ink and graphite (verso); Bottom: graphite and pink ink on beige wove paper (recto); Red counterproof and watercolor on blue Eastern paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianRed-brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk
19th centuryPersianLeft: brown and light red inks over graphite; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink and blue colored pencil on off-white wove paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersianLeft: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersianInk and colors on paper; leather and gold binding
18th-19th centuryPersianGraphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto)
19th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper; leather binding with gilded tooling
19th centuryPersianTop: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; Middle: brown ink and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Bottom: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; selectively pricked and pounced with black chalk
19th centuryPersianInk on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianBlack counterproof with touches of black ink on off-white wove paper (recto); Red ink, watercolor and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)
18th-19th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianGreen and red inks and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top: red ink with touches of brown ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with charcoal; Middle: graphite on blue wove paper; Bottom: black ink and black wash over graphite on off-white laid paper, pricked (verso)
19th centuryPersian