Two Sketchbook Pages: Dramatic Scenes from Classical Literature

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

Graphite on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown and gray-brown wash on cream modern laid paper; verso: black chalk and black ink

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

Brown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper

Black chalk and black-chalk sauce, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper, prepared with blue ground

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite