Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport, stands at the left of the composition, his body turned in profile to the right while his head turns three-quarters towards the viewer. He wears a gleaming silver-white sleeve beneath a cuirass, with a green sash draped across his torso and a buff coat over scarlet breeches. His right arm, clad in the ornate sleeve, crosses the centre of the image, and his gloved hand rests on a staff that extends vertically.

Next to him, Lord George Goring faces the viewer more directly, his body turned three-quarters to the left. A young page, positioned between the two men, bends forward to fasten Lord Goring’s sash, his head turned upward in concentration. A large, deep green drapery fills the upper left background, its folds catching the light and creating a sense of depth.

The rightmost edge of the painting reveals a patch of cloudy sky, rendered in muted blue and grey tones. The lower left corner is shadowed, with the edge of the red breeches fading into darkness. Light falls most strongly on the faces and white sleeves of the two lords, highlighting their features and the sheen of the fabric.

The page’s face is softly illuminated, with delicate modeling of his cheek and nose against the shadowed background. The lower edge of the painting shows the page’s bent arm and the vertical staff, which leads the viewer’s eye upward through the composition. The painting was created by Anthony van Dyck between 1635 and 1640, during his period in England.