Folio 19 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two scenes from literature: Nushirvan and the Owls; Khusraw spies Shirin bathing (recto); Blank page (verso)

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper, with gold and ink margin lines, pricked and selectively pounced with red chalk (recto); Red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Top: red ink on off-white laid paper; Middle: red ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom: colored inks, graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper; partially pricked

Top: black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper; Bottom: black counterproof, blue ink and graphite on beige Eastern (?) paper

Top: black ink over graphite on beige wove paper; Middle: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom: black ink over black counterproof on off-white wove paper (recto); Brown and gray inks on off-white wove paper (verso)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Black counterproof with touches of black ink on off-white wove paper (recto); Red ink, watercolor and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and 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)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Top: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; Middle: brown ink and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Bottom: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; selectively pricked and pounced with black chalk