John Smith Phelps, salted paper portrait, c. 1859

Oval vignette portrait of a bearded man with short dark hair, wearing a dark suit jacket, waistcoat and white collar, turned slightly to the right against a plain backdrop. Below the print, a handwritten signature reads John S. Phelps on a mounted strip, with a small photographer's imprint at lower right.

Artist

McClees & Vannerson

Date

c. 1859

Medium

Salted paper print

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

2811 × 4000 px

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