Mahogany case with parcel gilt pilaster angles, arch top hood and trunk door, dial with subsidiary dial to the arch inscribed, 'Lady Coventry's Minuet, 104 Psalm', eight day movement with a cylinder chiming movement.
Three-quarters length portrait on a much reduced scale. Hobart is seated in a red chair, wearing black, with his hands clasped in his lap; he faces slightly towards the left; to the right is a low table with a number of bundles of papers tied up with red cord or ribbon.
Half length, wearing a black coat and skull cap Inscribed l.r.: Marcus Gheeraerts pinxit, and inscribed u.l. with the identity of the sitter and his coat of arms. Extensively inscribed in Latin on a tablet beneath.
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.