Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore

Pierre Lombard

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a portrait of a man from the waist up, in a formal pose. His hair is styled with a middle part and falls neatly to the sides. He has a stern facial expression with pronounced cheekbones, a broad forehead, and a slightly furrowed brow. He wears a formal robe with a wide, turned-down collar and multiple layers of clothing visible beneath. He holds a book in his hands, with his fingers poised over the pages. The portrait is set within an oval frame with an inscription and a heraldic crest below it. The background has a textured pattern.