Two Sketchbook Pages: Dramatic Scenes from Classical Literature

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

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper

Black and red chalks, and gouache on antique laid paper

Brown wash and graphite on pale gray modern laid paper

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

Red chalk over counterproof (?) on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount

Graphite and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brownish red chalk, red chalk wash, brown wash and graphite

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

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Brown wash over graphite on white wove paper

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream card

Black and white chalk on tan laid paper