Oval bust-length portrait of a man with hazel eyes and dark hair graying at the temple, turned and looking to the viewer's left. He wears a white wingtip collar, white-dotted maroon knotted tie with gold stick pin, and gray buttoned coat. Brown to gray-blue shaded background; light is from left. Signed near center right. Modern housing includes a shallow convex lens and matte gilt case with rounded bezel and ball-and-ring hanger; case reverse is covered in blue velvet with two circles of red velvet. Case not original. Hangs in a red velvet-covered display frame fitted to hold eight miniatures, 1989.0343.16-.23.
Artist is Isabelle Victoria Hayward (1868-1967) of New York, NY, and Paterson (Manchester), Passaic, NJ.