Stainless steel printing plate featuring a portrait of Reverend Samuel Adlam. The front has an engraved portrait of an old man with shoulder-length hair. The back of the plate has an inscription: "John Sellers & Sons, Sheffield, M, $." The envelope accompanying the plate is labeled saying: "Keep dry! Steel plate portrait of Rev. Samuel Adlam for Mrs. Samuel Adlam, Newport, R.I., from National Biographical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I."