Five Shells

Black chalk on parchment

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and shell gold

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an English (?) mount

Black and white chalk on blue paper

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

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

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk; two overlapping rectangles in brown ink

Black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink

Oiled charcoal and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

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

Black chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper

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