The Annunciation

Brown ink, brown and gray wash, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Black and red chalk, watercolor, and opaque white watercolor with touches of black ink on parchment

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Black and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk

Brown ink and black chalk with white opaque watercolor restoration on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, gray and brown wash, black chalk, and white opaque watercolor

Red chalk counterproof with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in places with gold border, mounted

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, traces of a framing line in black chalk

Brown and black ink, gray wash, and black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Black ink, gray and red wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with two framing lines in gray ink; verso: incised, with oil residue

Gray wash and black ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown, red, and green washes over black chalk on cream antique laid paper