Study for "The Blessed Damozel" (First Sketch for Background)

Watercolor and graphite on blue wove paper, laid down

Black and red chalk on blue-gray paper

Black and gray ink and red and green watercolor on cream wove paper

Watercolor

Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper

Black ink, gray wash, white gouache, and graphite on light brown wove paper

Black ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite

Watercolor, touches of white gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Graphite on brown wove paper

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

Black ink and graphite with corrections in white gouache on white wove paper

Gray ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: black chalk