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One side is printed with a portrait of George Washington, captioned "HIS EXCELLENCY/ GENERAL WASHINGTON/ Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America." The Liverpool engraver framed Washington in exactly the same way he framed his British enemy Admiral Rodney on another punchbowl also included in this exhibit. This style of framing was designed by Thomas Billinge about 1760, and was by now old-fashioned. The Liverpool decorators printed punchbowls for both sides in the Revolutionary War so that each could drink the health of their hero. 

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"His Excellency General Washington Commander in Chief of the united States of North America & c., publ. R.Wilkinson 1783" after Pierre Eugene du Simitiere.  

The other side of the bowl is printed with a portrait of "BENJ[AMI]N FRANKLIN Born at Boston in New England, 17 Jan. 1706. L.L.D. F.R.S."Between the portraits of Washington and Franklin are two subsidiary prints, one of Nereids, the other of Neptune with Tritons.

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The source of the portrait of Franklin was an engraving by Auguste de St Aubin, 1777, after Charles Nicholas Cochin.