Full-figure, seated in a chair to the right. He holds a handkerchief in his left hand. A table to the right contains books and papers and a large book is leaning against the table leg. The title is a facsimilie signature. This is an illustration from Duyckinck, National portrait gallery of eminent Americans, Vol. I, page 448. James Monroe was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Virginia.