Portrait of a Man

Henry Bonaventure Monnier

National Gallery of Art

The image is a pencil sketch of a man's upper body, focusing on his profile from the shoulders up. He has strong facial features including a prominent nose and slightly furrowed brow. His hair is curly and textured, with a beard or sideburns to match. The man is dressed formally in a dark coat with a collar. The background is plain, and there is a signature and some writing in the bottom left corner of the sketch.