Miniature on bone or ivory, head and shoulders of a young man; he wears a white cravat and dark blue coat. Inscribed on the reverse: "J.W.Childe 17 Buckingham Street Strand"
Half-length portrait of Gow seated, turned left; he wears a red cassock over black academic dress and collar; he sits on a carved chair; his hands rest on a book with the school arms upon it; there is a pilaster on the wall behind him.
A copy after the fan portrait hung in the National Portrait Gallery, with an additional strip on the left to centre the portrait. Irene Begbie-Ellissen was the mother of Francis Lyon Gordon Ellissen (AHH 1932-1935).