Cabinet card portrait showing an elderly man seated at a writing desk posed with pen in hand at his desk where a clock rests. The sitter wears a dark suit and displays a long white beard and glasses, looking toward the camera while seated beside a desk holding papers and a small mantel clock. A coat and hat hang behind the desk, while a walking cane and shoes rest near the chair, suggesting a staged study interior meant to evoke study or correspondence.

The mount bears the imprint Furman, Artist, 58 State Street, Rochester, New York. The reverse contains a handwritten identification reading “Uncle Jacob – To Sarah Louise – 1811–1882.” Additional writing identifies the sitter as Jacob D. Bell, No. 1 Spencer St., Rochester, N.Y.

The inscription provides both birth and death years and suggests the photograph was kept within the family as a commemorative portrait. Cabinet card photograph, circa 1880s, Rochester, New York studio mount.