Illustrations to the book of the prophet Isaiah

A saddled, harnessed donkey stands in the foreground on a rocky path, head turned back, while a second donkey grazes on the ridge behind it. At the right edge a hooded, turbaned face looks on, and at lower left a hand grips a walking staff. Above the rolling hills, a single bright, radiating star hangs in the night sky.

Loose, energetic hatching describes the animals' coats and the rippling contours of the hillside, while the star is left as bare paper radiating fine engraved lines. The strong contrast between the pale road and the black sky gives the scene a hushed, nocturnal calm despite the sense of a journey underway.