This etching by Auguste Brouet depicts a classical bust of a woman, serving as an illustration for Frédéric Mistral's "Mémoires et Recits." The work demonstrates Brouet's skill in the medium of etching, capturing fine detail and tonal variation through careful line work and cross hatching. As part of a literary publication, the image functions both as portraiture and as decorative accompaniment to Mistral's autobiographical text.