An albumen silver print cabinet card with no photographer's imprint. The image depicts two unidentified elderly figures in a full-length seated and standing composition against a plain dark studio backdrop. The patterned floor cloth, plain mount, and dress of the subjects, places this image in the late 1870s to early 1880s.

The man is seated in an ornate carved parlor chair with his legs crossed, wearing a dark coat, buttoned vest, and work trousers with worn boots. His hair and full beard are long and unkempt, and his left hand, resting across his knee, shows a marked deformity consistent with a withered or contracted limb. The woman stands at his right, her hand resting on his arm, wearing a ribbed dark dress with a ruffled hem and a white lace collar at the neckline, her dark hair parted at the center and pulled back plainly.

The floor beneath them is covered with a boldly patterned geometric carpet visible in considerable detail, and the edge of an upholstered piece of furniture is visible at the far right. The reverse is blank with no printed studio design, inscription, or identification of any kind present.