Allegorical Design for a Ceiling, or Apotheosis of Louis XIV

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

Brown ink and white gouache on faded blue antique laid paper

Red chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper (three pieces of paper added for correction)

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

Black ink and gray wash on dark cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down overall to blue wove card decorative mount

Black and white chalk on dark brown prepared antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash on buff antique laid paper; verso: brown ink

Black and white chalk on dark cream antique laid paper

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper