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Sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a long coat beside a globe on a stand, with a painted ship backdrop.

Cyrus West Field

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
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
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

Español: Cyrus West Field, retrato carte-de-visite, c. 1863

Un hombre de pie, con barba espesa y cabello oscuro, viste abrigo largo, chaleco y corbata de moño, y apoya la mano en un soporte metálico curvo. Junto a él se ven un globo terráqueo oscuro sobre un pie metálico y un fondo pintado con un barco en el mar. La copia de albúmina está montada en cartón y lleva una firma manuscrita en el borde inferior.

Português: Cyrus West Field, retrato carte-de-visite, c. 1863

Um homem de pé, com barba cheia e cabelo escuro, usa sobretudo comprido, colete e gravata borboleta, com a mão apoiada em um suporte metálico curvo. Ao lado, veem-se um globo terrestre escuro sobre uma base metálica e um cenário pintado com um navio no mar. A cópia em albumina está montada em cartão e traz uma assinatura manuscrita na borda inferior.

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