This image shows a three-quarter-length portrait of a man named "The R. Hon. Sr. Francis Bacon, Knt., Lord Keeper of the Gr. Seal of England." The man is facing the viewer with a slight turn to his right. He has a mustache, goatee, expressive eyes, slightly furrowed brows, curly medium-length hair, and is wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon. He is dressed in an ornate Elizabethan-style outfit with an elaborate ruff collar and a cloak over his shoulders. The background is a textured pattern that fills the oval frame around the man.