This pencil sketch by Maurice Prendergast depicts a woman shown from the bust upward, capturing her likeness with the loose, gestural quality characteristic of his sketchbook studies. The work demonstrates Prendergast's ability to convey form and personality through economical pencil work, revealing his keen observational skills during his travels in Italy. As a page from his Italian Sketchbook, this drawing reflects the artist's practice of documenting figures and moments encountered abroad, serving as studies that would inform his later finished compositions.