A Man Reading at a Table

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper faded gray

Black and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and brown ink

Brown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink with touches of graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised with a stylus for transfer; verso covered with red chalk

Brown ink and brown wash on white antique laid paper

Brown watercolor on brown antique laid paper; verso: black chalk, white gouache and traces of green and red watercolor [watercolor probably Van Dyck brown applied with a reed pen]

Black ink and black wash on white antique laid paper

Brown ink, gray-brown wash, and black chalk, squared in graphite, on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and graphite

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; remounted on conscript list from the time of the French Revolution