The image shows a man from the waist up seated in a formal pose. He has a composed expression and gazes directly at the viewer. The man has dark, neatly styled hair and a beard with a mustache. He is dressed in a military uniform with prominent gold shoulder epaulettes and a row of buttons down the front. He is holding a sword, and in his other hand, rests a shako, a type of military hat, with crossed rifles insignia on the front. The portrait is encased in an ornate gold-colored frame with intricate designs around the border. The background is plain.

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Second Lieutenant Henry W. Hayden

American 19th Century

1863

Medium: ambrotype with applied color
Classification: Photograph
Dimensions: image (visible): 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.) ; mat: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.) ; case (closed): 9.8 × 8.8 × 2.5 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/16 × 1 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line: Gift of Andrew Szegedy-Maszak and Elizabeth Bobrick, in honor of Philip and Ina Trager
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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