Lower right (l.r.) with brush: M.D.S. 91; verso in crayon in Alan Pearson’s hand: Portrait of Alan Pearson in his Lyttelton abode 1991 by M. Smithers
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: G.P. Nerli [monogram]; on mount with brush: One of New Zealand’s best known and most successful bowlers of all time. Arthur Hadfield Fisher, 1871-1961. Presented to Carisbrook Cricket Club by Thomas Richmond Fisher.