A bust-length portrait in left-facing profile — the face in three-quarter view, the eye catching the light, the nose and lips in delicate profile. The hair is the drawing's distinguishing feature: shoulder-length, loosely flowing, described with many light feathering strokes that give it movement and mass simultaneously. Each strand of hair is individually suggested within the broader volume, the marks following the hair's direction from crown to shoulder.
The face is attentively drawn — the eye with its brow and shadow, the nose with its slight upturn, the lips with their natural closed line, the chin completing the profile. The expression is gentle and slightly absent, the model not meeting the artist's eye but looking into her own distance. This is the dreaming-profile type in the collection.
The neck below the face transitions into the shoulder, which is indicated with brief marks and light tonal shadow at the clavicle. The upper chest is barely suggested, the composition dissolving at the lower edge. The drawing's entire investment is in the face and the hair that surrounds it.
The profile in feathered pencil connects this drawing to Work 1317 (The Set Jaw) from the previous batch — another left-facing profile — but where that face was set and private, this one is softer, more open, the hair framing rather than anchoring the expression.