Hercules and Deianeira: Design for an Oval Cameo

Black ink and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite and white gouache on cream laid paper, framing line in brownish black ink, laid down on a decorated mount

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

Figure: Black chalk and brown wash on off-white laid paper; Head: Red chalk and brown wash. Laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 3b.

Red, black, and white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk with gray wash on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk

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

Brown ink over red chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Vernet: Brown in on off-white modern laid paper. The acidic ink has eated into the paper (17.7 cm x 11.3 cm). Pujol: Brown ink on white wove paper laid down to the sheet with the Vernet caricature (5 cm x 6.2 cm).

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper