Albumen carte de visite studio portrait of a uniformed Union officer, standing beside a table with his kepi resting on books and holding a regulation sword. The subject wears a dark Federal frock coat with shoulder straps and a waist belt, consistent with U.S. Army officer dress of the Civil War period. The photograph is mounted on a standard CDV card.

The verso bears the printed imprint of Brady’s National Photographic Galleries, with addresses listed in Washington, D.C. and New York, identifying the studio as one of Mathew Brady’s well-known commercial operations. The formal studio setting, controlled lighting, and full-length pose align with mid-war to immediate post-war Brady gallery portraits produced for officers and their families.

The mount features a printed decorative advertisement back with the Brady’s National Photographic Galleries imprint. No handwritten identification is present on the card.