Study of an Angel

Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Red and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face

Black ink over graphite on discolored white paper

Black and red chalk, traces of graphite, on two joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper

Gray ink, gray and brown wash on white laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper

Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown wash, on discolored blue paper

Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with discolored blue antique laid paper adhered to face

Red chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, joined and pieced with the artist's corrections on seven additional irregular pieces of the same paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a Mariette mount

Black and white chalk on light tan wove paper, squared in black chalk

Graphite on cream antique laid paper