5 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. oval salt print portrait affixed to mat along upper edge. Uncredited. Ca 1858.

One page, 5 x 7 1/2 in. mounted on trimmed piece of paper, loss to upper edge, adhesive staining, wear to edges. Addressed to A.G. Allen, Esq. of Washington, DC.

"My dear Sir, Allow me to introduce to you J. R. Johnson Esq a prominent Democrat of Cincinnati, who has been passing a few days at this place."

Pierce may have been referring to John R. Johnston (1826-1895), a painter and photographer from Cincinnati, OH, who was known to have painted a portrait of Franklin Pierce. He also worked in salted paper photography, though it is unclear if the portrait featured here was produced by him.