Two Sketchbook Pages: Dramatic Scenes from Classical Literature

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

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Red and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper

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

Black and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

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

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite

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.

Black ink and gray and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised, adhered to a decorated mount

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