A luxurious sitting room with full-length portraits of ladies on the wall and a fireplace in the background. Asian lidded vases stand on either side of the mantlepiece and a chair is placed to its left. A man is kneeling in front of another man in the foreground. He is clean-shaven and wearing breeches, a coat with turn-back cuffs, lace neckwear and full wig. He is holding a piece of paper in his right hand. The man opposite him sits on an upholstered armchair and has his right leg placed on a footstool. He is clean-shaven and wearing a turban, breeches, white stockings and dressing gown. Swain's signature is in the lower right corner.