A circular design for the overall plate. Almost identical to final image and rendered in detail, except the reaper's hands are left undrawn and the grain cradle is a rougher sketch.
The top study appears to be a hoe of some kind, labeled "hand graver"(?). Beneath is a more elaborate picture of what looks like a hand-driven plow. Leighton has written in graphite, "too short", "11 teeth", and "marker."