The Prince (to the next in line)

Medium: Mechanical Pencil. (sepia tone via Photoshop)

The illustration you see here has its origins from the pages of "The Prince". This book is considered to be a handbook for the future despot. And a favorite of philosophy classes.

Here we see an old man, rich, powerful, and near death. Knowing his time is near, he has taken all the information knowledge he has accumulated an has put it into the data pad in his right hand.

He faces someone directly in front of him.

A painted version can be seen here