Black-and-white studio portrait of a standing man in a long dark coat and white collar, one hand resting on a carved chair.

Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Studio Portrait, c. 1860-70

A standing man with short, wavy gray hair wears a long dark frock coat over a white collar and stock, one hand resting on the carved back of a chair. This black-and-white glass plate collodion negative shows a plain studio backdrop with faint cracks, dating to about the 1860s and 1870s.

Artist: Unknown
Date: c. 1860-70
Medium: Glass plate collodion negative
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2929 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1875).
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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