The image shows two men. The man on the left is seated on a chair with a wooden backrest, holding an object and looking up towards the other man. He has a neatly styled mustache and short, slicked-back hair. He is dressed in a dark coat with light-colored trousers and holds a bowler hat in his lap. The other man stands beside a round table covered with a patterned cloth, looking down at the seated man. He has a similar mustache and neatly combed hair. He is wearing a matching dark suit with a bow tie and a white pocket square. In the foreground, next to the seated man, is a large camera or a…
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Portrait of Two Men

Henry Ulke (American, 1821 - 1910)

1865

Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
image/sheet: 9.6 × 5.7 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.) ; mount: 10.5 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line
Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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