Colour Portrait painting of William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone is seated facing to the right but is looking at the viewer with a neutral expression. He is balding with combed back white hair and white muttonchop sideburns that extend down to the chin. He is wearing large red robes with a black coat and white stock tie underneath, and is holding a black hat in his left hand. The background of the painting is painterly wooden panelling.