Study for "Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus"

Transparent and opaque watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper

Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream wove paper

Graphite, black wash, and white chalk on tan paperboard

Brown wash and graphite on pale gray modern laid paper

Conté crayon on beige wove paper

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

Prepared black chalk on off-white modern laid paper; verso: prepared black chalk

Graphite on white wove paper

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

Graphite on cream modern laid paper

Graphite with touches of brown ink on cream wove paper.

Graphite and white chalk on tan wove paper, darkened, laid down