Bust-length oval profile portrait drawing of a figure turned to the right. The subject has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a coat and neckcloth. Inscribed on reverse: "A Portrait of Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin West." Newspaper articles and other documents relating to the piece's provenance are also attached to the reverse.

Emblematic painting of American Union. Figure of Hercules astride an arch with thirteen plaques representing the original 13 colonies from north to south. Hercules figure wears skirt of eagle feathers, lion head cap, lion skin and holds a club in left hand. Pennsylvania is at center of arch. Inscribed, lower left: "Marbois Invenit."