A gold drawing of the head and shoulders of a girl looking half to the left, wearing long plaits and leaves in her hair and with the suggestion of a decorative border on the right comprising birds and entwined leaves. Signed and dated "Edward Burne-Jones/June 1897".

As a later member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and an associate of William Morris, Burne-Jones was interested in reviving traditional artistic techniques, and he made drawings using precious metals throughout his career. Gold was frequently used in manuscript illumination, and the foliage and birds to the right here can be seen as an interpretation of the decorated borders of medieval manuscripts.