Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus; verso: Sketch of the same composition

Graphite on cream laid paper

Black chalk and charcoal, extensively stumped, with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Charcoal and red-brown pastel on cream wove paper

Black, white, and red chalk on blue paper

Watercolor over graphite with metallic gold detail on off-white laid paper

Graphite on white wove paper, laid down

Black and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan

Graphite and black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

Graphite, squared, on white wove paper

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper