Signature: none; inscribed on paper backing in graphite, upside down at upper left: 196; also on paper backing on slant at center, in graphite: Sir ?/John/Lester and 11; inscribed on back of drawing, under paper backing in graphite at bottom: Mr De [G?]iaf . . .; and in brown ink from top to bottom:
Scarlet Coat
. . . der Bottom [or possibly button]. . .
green waistcoat
. . . racelet & Spring
[deli]vrd to Mr. Hall