Scène d'audience (les deux avocats) (Scene of a Hearing (The Two Lawyers))

Jean-Louis Forain

National Gallery of Art

The image is a black and white sketch showing partial bodies of three figures seated closely together. The figures have elongated and stylized faces with basic outlines reminiscent of early 20th-century fashion. Two of the figures wear headwear, and one figure on the left wears a suit. The background is filled with heavy, textured, diagonal pencil marks. In the top right corner, there is a separate, smaller drawing of a single face with detailed features, wearing a hat and looking forward.