Profile Head of a Woman

Black chalk and white gouache, with later additions of red, brown and ocher chalks, on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall to coarse antique laid card.

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, attached to cream antique laid paper. Watermark is not apparent.

Brown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page incised

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted overall to cream modern wove paper which is then attached to dark cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into incised off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared for transfer in black chalk

Brown ink, brown wash over black chalk, traces of red chalk, heightened with white gouache, on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on gray antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk [the black chalk drawing has been scratched out in graphite]