Inscribed, "Cherokee pureblood" in lower center on recto; Inscribed, "18" in lower left on recto; Inscribed in artist's hand on mat, "CHEROKEE Sketched as one of a number of studies for my Sequoyah portrait. This man was impatient for me to finish, his friends were sitting close by waiting for him to go fishing"
Signed in pencil, "CBW-'64" in lower left on recto