Oil painting by Albert Bierstadt in gilded ornate frame; depicts view from the south portico of the White House looking southeast; painting includes a porch, 3 white columns and a green landscape; blue sky; reddish brown foliage around porch railing; signed and dated by the artsist in lower third quadrant, right side (facing): ”Bierstadt//1878”; signature appears to be in pencil; white label on back of frame reads: ”GILL & LAGODICH//FINE PERIOD FRAME GALLERY//GILDING RESTORATION STUDIO//HAND-CARVED REPLICAS