Item consists of a painted photograph of a man in light brown trousers and black sac jacket, seated in an upholstered chair at a writing desk. A top hat is upturned on a table to his left. Paint is applied very roughly. At top edge of image, a phrase (illegible) handwritten in black ink. On verso, in pencil, "Mr. Rae/ fit (illegible) oval matt wpa(?)" At top edge, in red ink, "RAE".