Oil on canvas, each signed and inscribed on the verso "J. G. Cole / Pinxit / 1845," each with canvas stencil for A. Morris of Boston, presented in a near pair of antique frames with gilt filets.

Male sitter - DOA 41 x 34 in.; Female sitter - DOA 42 x 35 in.

Stable craquelure and light surface grime to each; female portrait with patch to verso and associated retouch visible under UV light.