Portrait of a man facing slightly to the left. He is wearing a blue, double breasted military coat with rectangular shoulder straps. The coat is double breasted with the buttons in both rows grouped in threes. He has short, white hair and a white beard and is bald on the top of his head. The painting is in an ornate, gilded frame with the label, "BREVENT MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE J. STANNARD, U.S.V. 1820--1886", at the center bottom.
