Study for "Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus"

Black chalk on off-white modern laid paper

Black ink, gray wash, and gouache on off-white wove paper, slightly darkened

Brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Brown ink and watercolor on white wove paper

Graphite on tan modern laid paper

Crayon

Black ink, graphite and colored pencil on off-white wove paper

Watercolor, brown ink, gouache, and gold over graphite on cream wove paper, laid down

Black chalk with traces of charcoal with scraping on cream antique laid paper; graphite outline on palette and lower edge of coat lapels (later addition?)

Graphite on white antique laid paper

Black crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon