Portrait of Colonel James J. Ayers, ca.1880-1897

Photographic portrait of Colonel James Joseph Ayers, ca.1880-1897. View from the chest up. He has thick dark eyebrows, a short thick curly grey and black beard and moustache, and greying dark curly hair -- thinning on top and thick in back. He is wearing a three-piece suit with bow tie. A watch fob is looped around the top button of his vest. He is turned slightly to his left.; Ayers was editor of the Los Angeles Express.

詹姆斯·约瑟夫·艾尔斯上校的肖像摄影作品，拍摄年代约为1880年至1897年，采用胸部以上半身取景视角。他眉形浓黑，留着短而浓密的灰黑卷曲胡须与髭须，深色卷发渐趋灰白——头顶发量稀疏，后脑发丝则更为浓密。他身着三件套西装并搭配领结，一枚怀表挂链环扣在其马甲的顶扣之上，身体微微转向左侧；艾尔斯曾担任《洛杉矶快报》（Los Angeles Express）的主编。