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Brown ink on buff antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk

Brown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on cream antique-laid paper prepared with a purple wash

Red and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper, squared in black chalk; verso: red and white chalk

Brown ink and brown wash on cream (once blue?) antique laid paper

Red chalk heightened with white chalk on tan antique laid paper

Black ink, black and gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on brown laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink

Brown ink and gray wash, traces of graphite and white gouache, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Black and white chalk on buff antique laid paper