A needlework picture on silk ground depicting two girls or young women standing before a funerary monument which is surmounted by a classical urn and carries an inscription dedicating it to the memory of 'a beloved Brother John A. W. Walter'. One woman leans upon the monument, the other appears to be draping it with a garland. A large weeping willow tree is placed directly behind the monument in the center of the compostition. In the background to the left is a small Gothic-style church, to the right an opening through which a mountain is seen. The piece is worked entirely in silk chenille threads of dark brown, gold, and green using satin, knotted, and other stitches which could not be identified. The hands, faces, and hair of the figures are painted as are the sky, background, and the base of the monument. The work is framed in a heavy gilded frame (possibly original) with a liner and a black and gold eglomisé mat on which is written 'Maria E. Walter.'