Scene depicting the figures of a young boy, Prince Arthur, and Hubert, his jailor, who has been instructed to tie up the young prince and blind him with a hot iron, as described in Shakespeare's 'King John', Act IV, Scene 1. They are seated on a wooden bench against a heavy wooden table. Hubert leans against the table behind him, with one hand clasping its edge and the other pinned between his knees, his head is lowered, his brow furrowed and eyes downcast; he is depicted in a black, belted medieval robe with a separate hood pulled over his head. The boy, by contrast, wears a gleaming white tunic and has fair hair and almost translucent skin; sitting to the side of Hubert, he leans towards him with one arm wrapped around his shoulders and the other pressing on his arm with an imploring expression on his face.