Three-quarter view to the right; thick hair with curls, rolled on the forehead; growing moustaches, light curled beard. The neck has been reworked. Additional work on the collar and shoulder at the left of plate, and in the diagonal lines in the background at the right, which are carried down to the right coner of the plate.
Note by H.W.: These states (2nd through 5th) have since become 3rd to 6th respectively, as I have seen a true 2nd state, earlier than Mr. Bliss' 2nd state here.
8 impressions only. Note by H.W.: These states (2nd through 5th) have since become 3rd to 6th respectively, as I have seen a true 2nd state, earlier than Mr. Bliss' 2nd state here.
This now becomes 5th state. Note by H.W.: These states (2nd through 5th) have since become 3rd to 6th respectively, as I have seen a true 2nd state, earlier than Mr. Bliss' 2nd state here.
This now becomes 6th state. Note by H.W.: These states (2nd through 5th) have since become 3rd to 6th respectively, as I have seen a true 2nd state, earlier than Mr. Bliss' 2nd state here.
Three quarter view; hair flung back, with a light beard divided in two parts; in his right hand, he carries a pipe to his mouth. Le cours de phrénologie is etched below the portraits of Legro's father and H. Fantin-Latour in such a fashion that it would be impossible to remove them without sacrificing a part.