Folio 42 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Virgin and Child with attendants (recto); Three sheets framed by colored paper borders: bust-length portrait of men and women (verso)

Brown ink and gold ruling lines on off-white wove paper (recto); Note: drawing mounted overall with colored paper borders (recto); Graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)

Graphite on beige wove paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Black counterproof and traces of rubbed red chalk on blue wove paper (verso)

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Green and gold leather binding

Ink, opaque watercolor and silver on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Opaque watercolor on paper

Black ink and opaque watercolor on off-white paper: pricked (dragon only)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, color and gold on paper

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)

Watercolor and gold over graphite on beige wove paper (recto); Watercolor, silver and black ink on beige wove paper (verso)