Cyrus West Field, carte-de-visite portrait, c. 1863

A standing man with a full beard and dark hair wears a long coat, waistcoat, and bow tie, one hand resting on a curved iron stand. Beside him a dark globe on a metal stand and a painted backdrop of a ship at sea fill the studio setting. The albumen print is mounted on card with a handwritten signature along the bottom edge.

Artist

Charles DeForest Fredricks

Date

c. 1863

Medium

Albumen silver print

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

2408 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery