Detail of a Seated Man Drawing on a Tablet; verso: Sketches

Colored chalks on buff antique laid paper

Brown ink with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Black chalk with touches of red chalk and traces of white chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, decorated with dark blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper decorated with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink

Brown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper.

Graphite on off-white laid paper

Black ink with gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)

Watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: watercolor and black chalk

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper