Portrait of Four Men

Samuel Broadbent

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts four men in a studio-style portrait. Three men are seated and one man is standing behind them. The seated men are shown from the waist up, while the standing man is visible from the chest up. The seated man on the left has a beard and is wearing a dark coat with a vest and bow tie. The man standing behind him has a clean-shaven face and medium-length hair, parted on the side, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a bow tie. The central seated man has sideburns and a sharp jawline, dressed in a dark suit with a bow tie. The seated man on the right has a clean-shaven face, a defined hairline and short hair, wearing formal dark clothing. The group is framed by an ornate patterned frame with an oval mat, against a plain dark background.