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Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated in a wooden armchair, hands clasped, with a landscape painting on the wall behind him.

John Wesley Powell

A seated man with a full, reddish-brown beard wears a dark coat and rests his clasped hands on the arm of a wooden armchair. A hazy landscape painting hangs at upper left against a warm brown wall, and the muted, earthy oil tones give the portrait a dim, quiet mood.

Artist
Edmund Clarence Messer
Date
1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3165 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1889).
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: Retrato de John Wesley Powell, 1889

Un hombre sentado, con barba abundante de tono castaño rojizo, viste un saco oscuro y apoya las manos entrelazadas en el brazo de una silla de madera. Al fondo, a la izquierda, cuelga un paisaje borroso sobre una pared café cálida, y los tonos terrosos y apagados dan un ambiente sereno al óleo.

Português: Retrato de John Wesley Powell, 1889

Um homem sentado, com barba volumosa castanho-avermelhada, veste um casaco escuro e apoia as mãos entrelaçadas no braço de uma cadeira de madeira. Ao fundo, à esquerda, pende uma paisagem enevoada sobre uma parede marrom quente, e os tons terrosos e esmaecidos dão um clima sereno ao óleo.