Venus Discovering Adonis

Black ink, black and gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on buff antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash with touches of watercolor on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on cream wove paper

Red and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, incised for transfer

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Brown ink and gray wash, traces of graphite and white gouache, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Graphite on white antique laid paper

Black ink, brown, gray and colored wash, white and colored gouache, on tan antique laid paper, laid down

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and brown ink