Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: JLF 1905
Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left: Lycurgus: He consults the | Pythian oracle with regard to | the laws of Sparta, before his disappearance or death Inscribed, on mount, under drawing, lower right: Design for the Courth House | Baltimore Md Inscribed, on mount, bottom right: Please return to John La Farge | 51 W 10th St. NY [all crossed out]