Sir John Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Cousins

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sepia-toned portrait of a man with long, curly white hair wearing 18th-century attire, sitting in an ornate chair with one hand on an open book and the other by his face. The man is Sir John Taylor Coleridge, depicted by Samuel Cousins. He wears a dark robe with lighter-colored shirt and cuffs. His right hand rests on an open book on his lap. His left hand is raised to his chin. The chair has carved wooden arms and upholstered seat and back. The background is a mottled dark brown. Text at the bottom reads "THE HONORABLE SIR JOHN COLERIDGE, KNT." in small letters.