Folio 55 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: portrait bust of a Qajar courtier; sketches of figures (recto); Woman in European dress with attendants (verso)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Brown ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Green and red inks and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top: red ink with touches of brown ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with charcoal; Middle: graphite on blue wove paper; Bottom: black ink and black wash over graphite on off-white laid paper, pricked (verso)

Left: Brown counterproof, brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top middle: graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Bottom middle: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Right: Black counterproof, red ink and watercolor on laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Brown ink on brown laid paper, oiled for transparency (verso)

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Left: black counterproof on off-white laid paper; Center: black counterproof, colored inks with touches of graphite on off-white paper; pricked; Right: black counterproof and light brown ink on laid paper; pricked and pounced with red chalk, verso rubbed with red chalk and black chalk (?) (recto); Red ink and graphite on off-white blue-lined wove paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)