In a painted roundel. Rowe faces the right, but is portrayed full face; he wears a white shirt and brown coat and a large grey wig Provenance: Left to the School by Janet Adam-Smith, wife of John Carleton, Head Master, who bought the painting in 1961.
Three-quarters length portrait; he is turned to the left, but is portrayed full face; he wears black academic dress and collar; in his left hand is a piece of paper, in the right a quill; the background is mostly red. Inscribed bottom right: 'E Champion Dec. 1876'.
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.
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.