Full-length portrait of Phillimore standing; he wears smart dark green clothes with white cravat and stockings and carries a hat, not a mortar-board; he wears black buckled shoes and his right hand is tucked inside the lapel of his coat; he appears to be aged about 15; in the background is a dark wall behind Phillimore, and a patch of landscape to the right.
Half-length portrait of Freind wearing black academic dress, collar and wig; he is virtually full face although inclined slightly to the left of the painting. Inscribed top-left with the identity of the sitter.
Half-length portrait of Aldrich wearing black academic dress and collar; his body is inclined to the left of the picture, but his head is turned so as to be almost full face. Inscribed top-left with the identity of the sitter.
Half length portrait of Nicoll wearing black academic dress, collar and wig; he faces slightly to the left of the picture. Inscribed top-left with the name of the sitter.
Landscape of the Thames at Windsor in the centre left background is Windsor Castle, framed by trees; its reflections can be seen in the river, which flows towards it, having emerged from the left of the picture; on the bank in the centre are five cows, and to the right there is a man seated upon a fallen tree trunk. The painting is signed in the bottom-right on the trunk of the tree: 'TCH 1816'
Half-length portrait of Wingfield, wearing academic dress and collar; he also wears a fine wig. Bears signature c.l.: John Constable/Pinx. 1818 and later inscribed upper left with the identity of the sitter.
Three-quarters length portrait of Vincent facing to the left of the portrait, seated wearing a black silk cassock; he sits on a Gainsborough chair covered in red with fluted arms; his right hand sits in his pocket, his left on the chair arm; a medallion, the Order of the Bath, hangs from a red ribbon round his neck; in the bottom-right of the picture is a globe; on the left is an open Bible and a scroll, upon which the name of the artist and the date 1811 are written.
Three-quarters length portrait of Burdett standing, wearing a black tail coat and trousers with his head inclined a little to the right; his right hand holds a roll of paper in a vertical position; his left hand is outstretched and touches a piece of paper upon table in the bottom-right of the picture; the background consists of a curtain behind Burdett and to the right a wall with pilaster.
Half-length portrait; he faces towards the left of the portrait; he wears black academic dress and collar, and a grey wig. Inscribed top-left with the name of the sitter.
Three-quarter length portrait of Busby standing, wearing academic robes and a scull cap; his body and head are inclined to the left of the painting; to the bottom-left is a table covered with a cloth, upon which is an open book; Busby has almost turned a page with his right hand.