Pen and brown ink. Brown wash, applied with fingertips in lighter areas. On laid paper with watermark J WHATMAN 1809. 269 x 208 mm.
Titled, dedicated, signed, located and dated in pen Etude d'Arab / A Mlle Theodine Comtet / souvenir affectueuses de / G de Sanctis / Naples 8 Decembre 78.

A youthful drawing, strongly influenced by Mariano Fortuny, showing great technical skill