This is a carte de visite is a full standing view of Shubrick in dress uniform. Image is clear with good contrast. Shubrick is wearing a full dress uniform with double-breasted jacket with braided epaulettes and sword belt. He has his hand tucked inside his uniform in a Napoleonic pose.

Typical ruled mount appears to be slightly trimmed at top and bottom. No back mark but a quick online search shows photos from the same time from Brady in Washington, DC. Pencil identification on back.

Union Rear Admiral William Branford Shubrick (1790-1874). Shubrick was born in Bull's Island, South Carolina and he studied at Harvard before joining the Navy in 1806. He served during the War of 1812 as well as the Mexican War. He retired in 1861 but was promoted to Rear Admiral on the retired list on July 16, 1862. He died in Washington, DC on May 27, 1874. [jet] [ph:L]

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