a. Painting: Three-quarter length portrait of bearded man wearing brown velvet and fur robe over suit: man sits in red upholstered armchair with left arm bent and left hand supporting head; three-quarter view of face turned toward viewer's right; wears gray suit and vest, white shirt, dark blue tie, gold cufflinks, and pinky ring (on right hand); elaborate gold clasp with stone on robe; green curtain pulled to left reveals books in bookcase on right; table in front of bookcase covered in figured green tablecloth; letters sealed with red wax and bronze statuette of female on top.
b. Frame: Elaborate gilded concave frame with arched liner at top (foliate device at corners); bold acorn and leafy carving with shallow leafy carving at outer edge and "roping" on interior; "D. Huntington 1855" painted in border; inscriptions on reverse as follows: On top stretcher - "Restored in 1887/ D. Huntington" and "Mortimer Livingston/ painted by D. Huntington 1855"; a bottom stretcher "Mortimer Livingston/ son of Maturin and Margaret/ died 1857 Age 49"; on top frame member "Livingston 353".