A study sheet with three heads drawn on a single large horizontal page — an unusual compositional arrangement that reads as a deliberate comparison of views or expressions from a single session. At left, a three-quarter view with the head turned away; at center, a nearly frontal view with a slight tilt and a faint expression; at right, another three-quarter view with the head turned further.
The three views may be the same person turning gradually, or three different models drawn in sequence. The hair style — a large soft mass similar in all three — suggests the same model seen at different moments, the head rotating between poses. If so, this is Sidney's only confirmed sequence study: the same subject from multiple angles on one sheet.
The pencil work varies across the three figures: the leftmost is the most loosely drawn, the rightmost slightly more detailed, the central one most carefully modeled at the eye sockets. This progression suggests the drawings were made in the order they appear, with Sidney settling into the session as he worked.
The compositions are well-spaced across the horizontal format — each head given room, the three together reading as a frieze or a sequence. This horizontal arrangement of heads has a formal quality reminiscent of museum display or scientific comparison, as if Sidney was documenting a type or a moment rather than simply drawing a person.