Portrait of Carlos Gomes

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Portrait of Carlos Gomes's bust, set in a circle. The depicted faces 3/4 to right, has a long face, full head of hair combed back, broad forehead, well-marked eyebrows, small, almond-shaped eyes looking right, small, slightly upturned nose, huge mustaches that make up the on the left a comma, upper lip covered by whiskers and large, prominent chin. He wears a coat and shirt closed at the collar, with the buttons implied and wires serving as a tie. We can see everything on the left shoulder and to the right cut by the circumference where the picture is inserted. On the outsie, from the support corners, four diagonal lines, which end at the edge of the circle.