A large pencil drawing of an animal — a bear, a large dog, or possibly a lion — seen in a seated-upright posture, the head raised and turned to show a three-quarter view of the face. This is the only confirmed animal study in the 1000-series, and one of only a handful of animal drawings in the entire collection.
The animal is described with the same observational commitment Sidney brought to human figures: the head's rounded mass, the ears pressed flat, the jowl structure and the muzzle, the large eyes dark and slightly unfocused. The body below is generously proportioned — the substantial chest and the rounded lower body suggesting a large animal, the posture one of relaxed alertness.
At the right side of the composition, a second figure or element appears partially — another animal or a partial human form, its presence suggesting either a second subject in the same scene or a practice mark from another session on the same paper.
The animal drawing connects to the Elephant in the Jungle (682), the Worm Specimen Sheet (736), and the broader naturalist thread running through Sidney's work. He drew animals with the same sustained observation he brought to human faces and bodies.