There are five drawings in total, three of which show the progress of the operation with the prain retracted, one is focuses on the pituitary region with the infundibulum labelled, and the final drawing is an outline of a section of the brain demonstrating the position of the tumour and the cyst. Annotations on the back read "Patient's name op 10.8.50 died 8.50 removal of Rathke cyst" and "investigation of Rathke pouch tumour". The second of the two comments is typed.
Signed by the artist in the bottom left corner with the patient's name and the date in the top right corner.