Red-Chalk Profile Head with Geometric Figures
A downturned man's head in red chalk beside truss and solid-geometry sketches
The catalogue records no transcribed text for this side. At the left, in red chalk, is a man's head seen in profile with the face inclined downward. Around it appear geometric figures — a zig-zag truss of triangles, a cube drawn in perspective and small columns of figures, several of which show through from the reverse — and further untranscribed writing is faintly visible at the top and margins.
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Profile head in red chalk
A man's head is drawn in red chalk at the left, shown in profile with the brow and nose turned downward. It is the most defined original mark on this side of the sheet.
Truss of triangles and a cube in perspective
A row of triangles forming a zig-zag truss and a cube seen in perspective sit above and beside the head, together with faint columns of figures. Several of these lines correspond to the geometric constructions carried on the reverse and show through the paper.