On the reverse of this portrait miniature, Henry Benbridge created an idyllic landscape using watercolor and chopped hair applied to the ivory surface with gum arabic. Although Benbridge decorated several miniatures in this way, this whimsical outdoor scene is rather unusual. Many portrait miniatures feature allegorical subjects on the reverse, but most are funerary in nature, utilizing symbols such as weeping willows to commemorate the deceased. It is unclear whether the scenes in Benbridge’s miniatures represent real or fictive spaces.

Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was one of the earliest American artists to study abroad, first in Italy and then in London with the American expatriate artist Benjamin West. When Benbridge returned to Philadelphia in 1770, West commented that he was "an Ingenious artist and an agreeable Companion." By 1772, Benbridge had successfully established himself as a portrait painter in Charleston, South Carolina, with his new wife, Esther Sage, herself a miniature painter. An American patriot during the Revolutionary War, Benbridge was imprisoned briefly by the British. His only known student was Thomas Sully.