An Allegory of Autumn

Charcoal, black chalk, stumped, and gray wash, center line, framing lines and indications of saddle bars and T-bar in red chalk on six joined sheets of antique laid paper, mounted on Japanese paper; scattered touches of graphite restoration

Brown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line at top, right, and left sides and partial brown ink framing line at top, laid down

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on brown prepared paper, framing line in brown ink

Black ink and white opaque watercolor on rose prepared paper, with a probably later graphite line; verso: black chalk

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

Brown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink over brown ink, laid down on blue support

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, original partial framing line in brown ink

Brown ink, gray and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: partially visible, outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised

Brown ink, opaque watercolor, touches of black graphite, on paper prepared with wash (?)

Gray and brown ink, white and pink opaque watercolor, on gray-blue prepared paper, partial framing line in gray ink

Black ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink