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This pen sketch shows, at the top of the page, Harland’s head and shoulders in a three quarter view looking right. The figure is roughed in with quick strokes and cross hatching. Trailing downwards on a diagonal are two attempts at Harland signing his name. Six handwritten lines of a poem, turned ninety degrees counter clockwise, and circled appear in the lower left of the page. Transcript: “A stunted rose bush bore a rose, A sad discoloured, misshaped flower. I plucked it in an idle hour To muse upon its woes – When lo! That mockery of bloom Was rich with rarest daintiest perfume! Henry Harland”