Exceptional Civil War-era oval albumen portrait of Lieutenant John Wolcott Hubbell in uniform, housed in its original period frame and mount. The officer is shown seated with full epaulettes, dress frock coat, sword belt plate, and gloves, one hand resting on his saber and the other near a plumed officer’s shako with crossed sabers insignia visible. His direct and confident gaze, together with the sharp focus and tone, conveys a formal yet intimate record of a Union officer during the American conflict.

A period paper label affixed to the reverse identifies the sitter as “John Wolcott Hubbell, son of Julius Caesar Hubbell and Anna Moore.” Extensive genealogical records trace Hubbell’s New York roots, and he appears to have served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The portrait likely dates from the early 1860s and may have been produced shortly after his commission. Framed and preserved in an appealing 19th-century black-painted wooden frame with original backing and paper label.