A Red-Breasted Merganser

Black and red chalk, with later additions of brown ink, red chalk, and gray wash, on off-white antique laid paper cut into an oval and mounted to off-white antique laid paper, framing lines and horixontal and vertical axes lines in graphite

Graphite on paper mounted on parchment page

Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and gray wash on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash on beige antique laid paper partially toned with brown wash, framing line in graphite

Brown ink over graphite on parchment

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

Black and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto

Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink on cream paper, laid down

Transparent and opaque watercolor with brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Opaque and transparent watercolor with touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper