A large, direct frontal ink portrait — a man in a close-fitting round cap (skullcap or beanie), his face seen nearly straight on with both eyes meeting the viewer's gaze. The cap creates the composition's upper boundary: a smooth round form sitting low on the head, with a small decorative knot or button at the crown, its brim visible as a horizontal band across the upper forehead.
The face below the cap is the most fully described in this group of portraits: the brow with its characteristic Sidney marks, the eyes looking forward with a quality of steady assessment, the nose modeled from both sides, the mouth with its slight mustache above, the chin below with a small goatee. The face has the character of a man of middle age who has arrived at his own terms with the world.
The clothing below is the most specifically described in any of these ink portraits: a crew-neck T-shirt, drawn with a single curved neckline mark and the beginning of the sleeves at the shoulders. This simple, everyday garment grounds the portrait completely in the casual, domestic world.
The ear at the right — slightly compressed by the cap's fit — is described with the folds adjusted by the cap's pressure. This is the most anatomically specific depiction of how a hat affects the ear in any portrait.