A large pencil portrait of exceptional elegance — a figure seen in profile wearing a dramatically wide-brimmed hat, the hat's brim extending far to the right, its crown tall above. This is the most architecturally dramatic hat in the entire collection: not the functional fedoras or practical caps of the other hat portraits, but a fashion hat — a brimmed hat with real presence.
The hat dominates fully two-thirds of the composition: its crown and brim together creating a strong geometric form above the profile face. The face below the hat's shadow is described with delicate precision: the brow, the closed or half-closed eye, the nose in pure profile, the lips, the chin. The expression is serene — this person is comfortable in their hat, at ease in the world.
Below the hat and face, the hands — raised and crossed or folded near the face — are the most specifically described elements: individual fingers, the slight tension of the crossed wrists. These hands frame the face from below just as the hat frames it from above.
The curled hair visible below the hat's brim — wave marks at the temple and jaw — adds a note of personal style to the formal elegance of the hat.