English: " A seated portrait of the historian and librarian Justin Winsor at the age of 23. He is seated on a chair wrapped in a large black cape looking directly at the viewer. He is posed against a painted backdrop depicting a garden scene. In October of 1852, Winsor left the States for a two-year sojourn in Europe, spending his time primarily in Paris and Heidelberg studying languages. Photograph has been heavily painted over in wash, oil, and gum arabic. It has been covered with an decorated oval mat with the photographer's stamp in the lower center edge. Photographer's imprint on verso. Hand-written in ink on imprint: Justin Winsor/Taken at Heidelberg, 1854. Gift of the Estate of Miss Penelope B. Noyes, September 1977. #1977.31b (no.2)."