Dans ce portrait, John George Diefenbaker porte la toge cramoisie associée aux diplômes honorifiques délivrés par l’Université du Pendjab. Il est debout, une main sur la hanche, pose qu’il adoptait souvent quand il prenait la parole à la Chambre des communes.
Wearing a crimson honorary academic gown that he received from the University of Punjab, John George Diefenbaker is shown standing with his hand on his hip, as he often did when he spoke in the House of Commons.