Frontal view of a gate and the curtain wall of the right bank enclosure of Paris, during the reign of Philippe Auguste. The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Slight traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
In the foreground, on a road leading to the gate, a man with a bundle and a cart pulled by two horses are heading for the city. In the background, four people are working in the fields. A man and another on horseback are driving along the lane that runs alongside the enclosure. A man pulling a horse exits through the gate.