A hand-tinted, three quarter length portrait of a seated woman, with one hand touching her neck. Part of a column can be seen on the left and behind her a painted sky backdrop.

Three-quarter length portrait of Hiller family. Male seated on the viewer's left with his right hand in his lap and left hand hidden behind other sitters. He wears trousers, jacket, waistcoat, shirt, collar and bow tie. Clean shaven with hair parted at the side. To his left sits a seated woman wearing a blouse, long sleeved bodice and skirt. She wears a necklace, earrings and brooch at her throat., with hair fastened back, parted in the middle. Seated on the woman's lap is a young girl, wearing a short sleeved white dress. Her hair is fastened back with white ribbons above her ears. The woman's right hand is resting around the young girl's side and her left hand on the young girl's dress. Plain background

A three quarter length portrait of Horatio Ross, seated, he wears light coloured trousers, waistcoat, shirt, bow tie and long jacket. His left thumb is tucked into his waistcoat his right hand in on the arm rest, He is balding with mutton chops.

Half length portrait of a girl with dark, straight hair, seated facing forward, her left arm resting on a small circular table covered with a patterned cloth. She wears a short-sleeved dress with a repeating leaf-like pattern of dark and paler stripes. There is whiter braid-like edging at the end of the sleeves, but not around the neckline: this is low, almost off the shoulder. Dark 'buttons' are visible at the waist. She is smiling. She wears gold-highlighted gold hoop earrings and a ring on the third finger of her left hand. Lightly hand-coloured.

Three quarter length portrait of a clean shaven young man (Egerton Cleeve) seated facing the camera. He wears a dark jacket, open to reveal a white waistcoat and shirt with down-turned collar with a small black cravat or tie, and dark trousers. His left arm rests on a table covered with a pale cloth and a book. His left hand is closed in a fist and rests on his left leg. His legs appear crossed. Part of the oval wood back of the chair is visible, as is part of the padded seat. A grave in the British Cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay (Plot: F 006) gives Egerton Cleeve's date of birth as August 9, 1827, place: Woolwich, Greater London, England, and his death as April 30, 1857 in Montevideo. An accompanying note to the portrait states that the subject died young in Montevideo of yellow fever, so this may be his grave (see link).