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The nose is long & wants droop in the point of it. Cut away as
marked
above the further eyelids eyebrow and within the point of the
nose. Cut away also, as marked, above the other eyebrow,
which at present is too much Thus [sketch] but should go thus [sketch] more
also round the eye more but
by a slight touch beneath the iris which
is too straight.
Cut away
something of
the two hash
lines against
the eye,
leaving
little more
than a dot
under the
lower eyelid
as marked.
Cut away
entirely in
the forehead
where marked,
and in the
hair, and
soften the
tone of the
cheek, also
marking the
cheek bone
more as
indicated.
The mouth
needs some
further care. Continue the light along the thi ? half
of the upper lip as marked, & clear as marked
the line between it & the slight moustache, which
should be very faint as I have now made it, removing a touch at its end.
The drawing of the chin needs
to express more the turn of the head. For this purpose,
cut slightly away outside its point, & clear away where
it joins the shadow beneath the under lip.
The eye needs
a dot of
light in
it & the
further
eyelid a
light to
mark it.
Cut away
within the
two first
knuckles
of the lifted
hand, &
within the
knuckles
of the
forefinger
on the
other hand.
above the further eyelids eyebrow and within the point of the
nose. Cut away also, as marked, above the other eyebrow,
which at present is too much Thus [sketch] but should go thus [sketch] more
also round the eye more but
Note: “but” is overwritten with
“by”
is too straight.
Cut away
something of
the two hash
lines against
the eye,
leaving
little more
than a dot
under the
lower eyelid
as marked.
Cut away
entirely in
the forehead
where marked,
and in the
hair, and
soften the
tone of the
cheek, also
marking the
cheek bone
more as
indicated.
The mouth
needs some
further care. Continue the light along the thi ? half
Note: not certain of
“half”
of the upper lip as marked, & clear as marked
the line between it & the slight moustache, which
should be very faint as I have now made it, removing a touch at its end.
Note: Line crossed out.
Note: Line crossed out.
to express more the turn of the head. For this purpose,
cut slightly away outside its point, & clear away where
it joins the shadow beneath the under lip.
The eye needs
a dot of
light in
it & the
further
eyelid a
light to
mark it.
Cut away
within the
two first
knuckles
of the lifted
hand, &
within the
knuckles
of the
forefinger
on the
other hand.
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