A large ink portrait of bold formal energy — a man seen in three-quarter view, his head close-cropped with a distinctive hairline receding at the temples, a full mustache curling at the corners and a beard covering the lower face. The face turns slightly to the left, the gaze directed downward and to the left with an expression of intense private concentration.
The hairline is the portrait's most precisely drawn element: the hair's receding edge at the temples is described with tiny individual curl marks — each small loop indicating close-cropped hair texture. This is the most specific rendering of a hairline in the entire collection, the texture of short natural hair described mark by mark along the hairline's edge.
The mustache is the second most elaborated element: multiple overlapping marks building the characteristic curling shape of a full mustache, the lower extent of the facial hair marked with rapid hatching. This is clearly a man whose facial hair is part of his self-presentation, and Sidney gave it the sustained attention it deserved.
The ear at the right — fully described — is given the characteristic attention. The neck and bare shoulder below complete the figure economically.