sketch
noun
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
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And surely 'Alfred's' pencil has not foregone its best privilege, not left the face unsketched?
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning