Henri Charles Guérard's "Head of an Old Man" is an etching with drypoint that demonstrates the artist's masterful command of printmaking techniques to capture the weathered features and psychological presence of an elderly subject. The work exhibits the characteristic linear quality of etching combined with the richer, more velvety tones that drypoint creates through burr marks on the plate. Guérard's careful attention to facial modeling and expression conveys both the physical decay and spiritual depth associated with advanced age.