'Greek' — The Rev. Benjamin Jowett

Ward's caricature presents Jowett — Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and celebrated translator of Plato — in full academic dress: black gown, mortarboard, and clerical white bands at the throat. He clutches a volume labeled PLATO and peers myopically over his pince-nez, a gesture that condenses his reputation for donnish absorption. The caption reads "Greek" — a dry one-word verdict on a career built translating classical philosophy for Victorian readers. The figure is rendered with mild physical exaggeration (heavy jowls, stout torso). Ward flatters Jowett just enough to make the mockery genial.