Father Hecker Reading Goethe

Black and white sketch of a bearded man with dark hair reading a book. The man is positioned with his head slightly bowed and angled to the right. His left hand holds the book open. He wears a high-collared shirt. The sketch is on a rectangular piece of paper with rough edges. Handwritten text is in the bottom-left corner. The text reads "Father Hecker / with Goethe. May. 1888". The background of the paper is light gray. The image background is white.