Comtesse de la Rochefoucauld and Comtesse de la Valette, Ladies-in-Waiting to the Empress Josephine; verso: Faint Sketch of Four Imperial Princesses: Caroline, Pauline, and Elisa Bonaparte, and Julie Clary

Black chalk

Brown ink on white wove paper

Watercolor, gouache, and gold paint over charcoal on beige wove paper

Black crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon

Watercolor on white antique laid paper, border ruled in black ink

Red and black chalk, heightened with white, over graphite on tan wove paper, discolored

Graphite with touches of black chalk on tan wove paper

Black crayon over graphite, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

black ink, colored washes, colored chalks, white gouache on tan wove paper (no watermark)

Graphite, black ink and colored pencil on off-white wove paper

Watercolor and white gouache on white wove paper; parts of the background have been varnished