A Seated Man in Middle Eastern Costume

Black and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk

Black chalk on parchment

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; with later additions of gray wash and black chalk, and some scratchwork at the contour of wing at the upper left and the right column base at lower left

Brown ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; patch: greenish gray wash, black chalk, brown ink, and a combination of darker brown ink and opaque watercolor to conceal join

Black chalk on parchment

Black chalk, gray wash, and later brown wash, incised on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Red chalk, incised, on antique laid paper

Brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Black and red chalk and red and green transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk, gray ink, and gray wash with brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Brown wash, brown ink, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink