Carte-de-visite three quarter length portrait of an unidentified male in a vignette format. The subject is seated and shown in three quarter view, facing towards the right of the image. His head is turned to face directly into the camera. He is seated in an elaborately carved wooden chair and his left arm rests on a small table, covered with patterned cloth, to his left. The man has receding hair and a full moustache and partial beard. He is wearing a white wing collar shirt with a black silk cravat and a mid-coloured three piece suit. He is wearing a watch chain on his waistcoat.