Seated portrait of a long-haired young militia junior officer in bold blue-tinted blue dress uniform with bullion epaulettes, round tongue and wreath belt plate, and Model 1839 wheel cap with light-colored wide band. He holds a straight-bladed eagle head militia officer's sword with a high-relief cast quillon. (Tarnishing along edge, some wiping and spotting throughout image, spotting to mat, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, significant exterior wear, discoloration to satin pad). An arresting Mexican War-era image.