The Magnificent One (Le Magnifique)

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to wove card, framing lines in graphite

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

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk with touches of black ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink

Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Red chalk on oiled antique laid paper

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

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

Graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

Black and brown ink and gray wash with watercolour over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache and black and white chalk with some stumping, on light brown antique laid paper