Portrait Details
Marconi is portrayed with items that symbolise his achievement of a wireless telegraph communication.
The books in the background represent Marconi's wide knowledge. Marconi's gesture, holding a book with pages open, represents his understanding. He is looking not at the book but somewhere far away, as if he is sunk in thought. This suggests that Marconi is not only a man of knowledge but also a man of thoughts.
On a table next to him, there is a wireless telephone that he used in 1914. In background outside the window, there is an obelisk that marks the site for the first trans-Atlantic wireless communication. In paintings, an obelisk is traditionally used to represent a timeless achievement.