Study of the Metamorphosis of a Bombycid Moth

Brown ink, graphite, gray wash, white opaque watercolor, and red chalk on light tan antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink.

Watercolor and black ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Black ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, autograph framing line in graphite

Black chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper with a framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite, black chalk and gray wash

Black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Transparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Red chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink over red chalk

Transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Brown wash, gray ink, and gray wash over traces of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

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

Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink