Sepia oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a handwritten signature on the cream mount below.

Jacob D. Cox

Oval-framed studio portrait in sepia albumen print of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned in three-quarter profile against a soft cream backdrop. A handwritten signature is inked on the cream mount below, within a double-ruled oval border.

Artist: Mathew B. Brady
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Albumen silver print
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 3333 × 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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