Three Ascending Figures

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on blue-green antique laid paper, laid down

Brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on blue (?) antique laid paper, pricked for transfer; verso: covered in black chalk

Brown ink and brown wash on beige antique laid paper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, smudged overall with red chalk

Brown ink on white antique laid paper

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Red chalk over brown ink on brown antique laid paper

Wash, watercolor and oil paint over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink over graphite on white antique laid paper

Brown, blue and ochre gouache, brown, reddish-brown, red and white oil paint on beige paper, white highlights added later (possibly in the 19th or 20th century)