A large horizontal charcoal figure drawing — the model reclining on the ground, the upper body raised on one arm, the face in profile directed to the left with an alert, slightly upward gaze. This drawing combines the charcoal medium's tonal range with a pose that allows the face to be fully visible — unlike most reclining figures where the face turns away or downward.
The charcoal is handled with characteristic directness: the darkest marks at the hair and the shadow under the arm, lighter marks building the body's form, the face a zone of careful observation. The profile is strongly drawn — the brow line, the nose, the lips, the chin — with the specificity of someone Sidney knew or had drawn before.
The lower body extending to the right is more loosely described: the hip, the legs, the feet at the far right. Both feet are described with the characteristic toe attention. The figure's diagonal from the upper left (face) to the lower right (feet) gives the composition its spatial logic.
The charcoal medium gives this reclining figure something the pencil and chalk works don't have: genuine weight and physical presence. This body is resting on something solid.