Mr Gledell, suffering from a rodent disease which has consumed his left nostril. One of six portraits forming a group of works depicting gentlefolk of Leeds with grievous illnesses. A youngish man, facing half left, dressed in a black coat and stock, his left nostril eaten by a cancer and the whole nose a vivid red.

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Lettering: Cancerous nose. Mr S. Gledell, April 1829. Lupus. Lettering on recto, except word "Lupus", which is on verso.