Headdress

Eva Noe

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an incomplete drawing of a head and shoulders of a person facing slightly to the right. The facial features of the person are not detailed, providing only minimal lines to indicate the nose and general shape of the face. The head is covered with a bonnet, which appears to be a light color and slightly textured, with a bow at the top. The bonnet has frilled edges and ties that wrap around the chin. There is no visible hair due to the coverage of the bonnet. The rest of the body is not detailed, depicted only with a few lines to suggest the shoulders and neck. In the top right corner of the drawing, a small sketch shows the back of a similarly styled bonnet and head, reinforcing the main image. The background of the image is plain and unadorned, keeping the focus on the drawing itself. There are no jewelry or other objects present in the image.