Full-length, figure slightly to the right, but the face turned
round to the left. Dressed in uniform, with the Ribbon and Star of
the Garter. His right hand holds a scroll of paper by his side;
his left rests on a document on a table. Background, a green
curtain, and sky on the right. On canvas, 7 ft. 10 in. high, by 4
ft. 10 in. wide.
Behind is painted "R.A. 1794," the year of Hoppner's election, and
"The Star and Garter added 1812," in June of which year Lord Moira,
after failing to form a ministry, accepted the Garter, "but," says
Lord Spencer in a letter to Lord Buckingham, "whether as a calm to
his honour or his understanding, it is not for me to say." This
picture was received from Hoppner's widow, in June, 1810, a few
months after his death.