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In contrast to Uglow’s larger paintings from this period (where the individual brushstroke is rarely discernible), here the painterly treatment appears more urgent and immediate. Uglow was known for insistently measuring up each picture. Such analytical passion was partly inherited from his teacher, Coldstream, and also from painters such as Masaccio, Poussin and Cézanne. Uglow seems to have measured up proportions of his mirrored image onto the board. But networks of vestigial lines marking horizontal and vertical starting-points are absent here. The picture was painted quickly, and the subject didn’t have the chance to move his pose about much. The picture appears well-crafted yet retains real spontaneity. His monk-like appearance conveys a certain grandeur and defiance.