Branding Iron

J. Henry Marley

National Gallery of Art

The image features a drawing of a branding iron with a twisted handle and a loop at the end, positioned diagonally. The branding iron has a stylized capital letter "H" near the top. The color palette is monochromatic, mainly black and white. The branding iron is situated in the bottom-right quadrant extending towards the center, while the letter "H" is located in the upper-left quadrant. The background is plain and unadorned, matching the simple pencil-on-paper style.