Daguerreotype of a view of Richmond from Church Hill; half plate; Franklin Street [Grace?] at center; buildings pictured include, from proper right: First Baptist Church, domed City Hall (c. 1818), First Presbyterian Church spire (1853-54); Governor's House; St. Paul's Church (c. 1845); Virginia State Capitol; Second Presbyterian Church; Christ Church Episcopal in foreground (burned in 1856); Lumpkin's Jail complex visible in center of middle ground; brown leather case with embossed design on front and back; thin gilt rope border; embossed interior red velvet pad; gilt eight-cornered mat; glass over image edged with gilt metal with embossed leaf design.