Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for "The Coronation of Napoleon"

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and brown wash

Black chalk

Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper

Black and white chalks on rose-beige paper

Black ink and white gouache on brown paper

Graphite on pale gray modern laid paper

Black chalk counterproof on white wove paper

Graphite on white wove paper

Watercolor, gouache, pastel, and lead-white, with scratching and light varnish, on cream wove paper

Brown chalk on cream laid paper

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

Dark brown ink on white modern laid paper.