Venus and Cupid

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown watercolor on brown antique laid paper; verso: black chalk, white gouache and traces of green and red watercolor [watercolor probably Van Dyck brown applied with a reed pen]

Brown ink over black chalk, incised with stylus, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: covered with black chalk (for transfer)

Brown ink on buff antique laid paper

Black chalk over red chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Red chalk on buff antique laid paper, slightly retouched with different red chalk; pricked for transfer

Black and white chalk with black and and gray wash on buff antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

Brown ink, black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper inlaid into incised off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised

Brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper prepared with red chalk wash