Toby Figure

Mina Lowry

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture depicts a rotund figure of a man with his hands behind his back, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smoking a pipe. The man is dressed in a yellow jacket, white trousers, and brown shoes. The sculpture appears to be made of a material like painted ceramic or porcelain. The figure stands on a square base. The details are carefully sculpted, particularly the folds of the clothing and the contours of the face. The size of the sculpture in relation to an average human suggests it is a small decorative piece.