A green chalk figure drawing — the medium used in only two other works in the collection (833, 849, 889). A seated figure seen from the front, the body slightly hunched forward, the face looking downward. The green chalk on the pale cream paper creates the characteristic botanical quality — the body having the color of new growth, of spring plants, of living things.
The composition is the most complete green chalk figure study: the full body from crown to feet, seated in a cross-legged or feet-together position. The face at the top — the downcast eyes, the compressed expression — is the most described zone. Below it, the torso and limbs are rendered in a single confident contour, the green chalk mark slightly broader and more blended than in the green pencil works.
The hands at the center of the composition — resting together in the lap — are described with individual finger indication, the most specifically observed element below the face. The feet at the bottom — both visible, the toes individually present — are the characteristic Sidney attention to the body's lower extremities.
The green chalk figure drawings establish a small but coherent sub-series within the larger life drawing practice: the same subjects and poses as the pencil and red chalk works, but in a medium that gives the body an entirely different tonal and emotional register.