Sepia portrait of an older man with white hair and a stern expression, wearing a high-collared military uniform with buttons, on a cream card mount.

General Winfield Scott, carte-de-visite portrait, c. 1861

Head-and-shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of an older man with white hair and a stern gaze, wearing a high-collared military-style uniform with buttons and shoulder ornaments. Shown against a plain studio backdrop on a cream card mount, the albumen print has soft sepia tones, with the figure centered in a soft vignette.

Artist: Meade Brothers Studio
Date: c. 1861
Medium: Albumen silver print
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 1488 × 2439 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1866).
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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