Head of the Virgin

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, blue wash, white opaque watercolor, some oxidized in angels, over graphite, incised almost overall, on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down; two angels at lower right cut out, the rest of the drawing laid down, and piece readhered 7 mm lower with brown ink and blue wash fill

Violet ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk

Black and white chalk and black wash on light tan antique laid paper, mounted overall

Black chalk, possibly lightly stumped in places, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk figure, red chalk shrine

Brown ink and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Gray ink and brown wash over graphite or black chalk, incised, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

Black ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black and blue ink and graphite and a center line and compass line in graphite; verso: black ink over graphite, compass points, partial framing line in black and blue ink

Black and white chalk on coarse, gray-brown antique laid paper, darkened and laid down on heavy rag paper

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, partial squaring in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Red, black, white and yellow chalk, with the red chalk moistened with water or oil, white and red opaque watercolor on oatmeal paper, framing line in black ink, laid down

Black, white and red chalk, charcoal, brown wash and brown ink on gray antique laid paper, laid down