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Oil portrait of a balding man with whiskers in a dark coat, standing at a desk with dividers and papers, bookshelves at left.

John Ericsson, portrait by Arvid Frederick Nyholm, 1912

Oil portrait of a balding man with side whiskers in a dark double-breasted coat, standing at a wooden desk and holding dividers beside papers, a red-trimmed instrument base, and a bookcase. The dim gray-green background is warm and plain, with the figure lit from the upper left.

Artist
Arvid Frederick Nyholm
Date
1912
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
2981 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1912).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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