Albumen carte de visite depicting Philip Paul Bliss at right and his wife Lucy seated at left, with an artist identified as Beard sketching a child on a large drawing board, published by L. E. Walker, Warsaw, New York. The composition reflects a staged outdoor portrait incorporating a drawn likeness within the scene, likely based on a stereoscopic image by Cleveland photographer George Johnson as noted. Philip Paul Bliss (1838–1876) was a prominent American gospel singer and composer associated with the Moody and Sankey revivals.

At left, the artist stands beside a large board bearing a chalk or pencil portrait of a young child, with a small caricature sketch below. Mrs. Bliss sits in the foreground holding a closed parasol, wearing a dark dress with contrasting trim, while Bliss is seated at right in a dark suit with waistcoat and bow tie. The central seated woman wears a patterned dress with apron and hat, positioned between the couple, with rocks and trees forming a constructed outdoor backdrop.

Bliss and his wife Lucy (1841–1876) died together in the Ashtabula River railroad disaster in Ohio on December 29, 1876, when a bridge collapse caused a train to plunge into a ravine and burn. The reverse reads “L. E. Walker, Warsaw, N.Y., Publisher of Stereoscopic Views and a choice selection of Cabinet Portraits and Photographic Novelties, Constant Additions Being Made,” followed by “Chautauqua Lake Scenery a Specialty,” with pencil notations including “10/25/11.”