A large horizontal pencil figure drawing of a seated figure in pure profile — the most classically composed life drawing in the collection. The figure sits on a surface, seen from the right in perfect profile, the body describing the elegant S-curve of the seated academic nude: upright spine, sloping shoulder, the gentle forward curve of the chest, the hip mass supporting everything below.
The face in profile is carefully described: the brow, the nose, the lips, the chin — each element in its correct structural relationship, the profile line clean and specific. The eye is briefly indicated; the ear is given its characteristic Cothran attention.
The hand at the figure's lap — resting on the crossed knees — is the most specifically described element: individual fingers, the relaxed posture of a resting hand. The foot at the lower left is also given individual toe attention.
The drawing has the quality of an academic study completed well: the form correct, the posture natural, the marks confident. This is the same kind of drawing Sidney would have produced in a formal life drawing class — and produced it with authority.