Application of the spectrographic method to the detection and estimation of common impurities, Cu, Ag, Bi, Fe, Cd, Sn and Zn, in high parity lead has been investigated. The method employed requires conversion of the sample to lead nitrate, which is applied as a solution to wactreated graphite electrodes and dried. Spectra of samples are excited by a 4400 v alternating current arc of 5 amp, and photographed on Eastman Spectrum Analysis' No. 1 Plates (ultra violet sensitized for Cd and Zinc) by use of a stigmatic grating spectrograph of 8.34 Å/mm reciprocal dispersion. Provision is made for quantitative measurements by photometric comparison of line intensities with the lead lines 3118.92 and 2218.08 employed as internal standard, and for semiquantitative determinations by visual comparison of sample spectra with spectra of suitable standards. The minimum detectable proportions of impurities, in parts per million by weight, are as follows: 0.01 Ag; 0.03 of Cu and Cd; 0.05 Zn; 0.3 of Bi and Fe, 0.1 Sn. Concentration procedures which provide at least ten-fold increase in sensitivity are described. The method, though not of high precision, represents an improvement in sensitivity and in accuracy, within the range covered, over other known methods for the analysis of high purity lead.