A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman, whose body is turned slightly to the right. He wears a grey wig and a turquoise blue jacket. His wig is shoulder-length, but it is hard to see where it finishes, as both the wig and the plain background are very dark. The portrait is contained within an oval, the feigned black surround being only just discernable. Beneath his jacket is visible a white cravat, and a double-breasted waistcoat with ermine-faced lapels and decorative gold buttons in a diagonal line, marking him out as a fashionable gentleman in the 1730s. Both jacket and waistcoat have copious gold embroidery.