Study of the Metamorphosis of a Bombycid Moth

Gray wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line [?] in graphite and gold

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

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk

Brown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper

Graphite on parchment

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk along left and bottom margins and framing line in black ink along top and right margins; verso: red chalk [another hand?]

Brown wash on antique laid paper

Black ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Black and red chalk counterproof, strengthened with charcoal and incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

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