Human Generated Data

Title

Untitled (photograph of a military man with poem)

Date

c. 1950, from earlier negative

People

Artist: John Howell, American active 1930s-1960s

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, American Professional Photographers Collection, 4.2002.21729

Human Generated Data

Title

Untitled (photograph of a military man with poem)

People

Artist: John Howell, American active 1930s-1960s

Date

c. 1950, from earlier negative

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, American Professional Photographers Collection, 4.2002.21729

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2022-03-11

Human 97.4
Advertisement 95.9
Face 91.3
Text 83.5
Head 76.6
Art 72.9
Portrait 62.8
Photography 62.8
Photo 62.8
Drawing 60

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-22

people 99.8
one 99.5
portrait 99.4
print 99.1
art 98.9
adult 97.6
illustration 96.5
leader 94.7
facial hair 94
man 93.9
wear 93.8
painting 93.5
engraving 91.2
vintage 89.5
veil 86.7
old 84.8
administration 83.3
military 82.8
scientist 78
antique 75.9

Imagga
created on 2022-03-11

negative 29.7
film 26.8
black 21.7
portrait 18.8
photographic paper 17.8
man 17.5
art 17
vintage 16.5
one 15.7
old 15.3
blackboard 14.8
person 14.5
face 14.2
people 13.9
grunge 13.6
male 13.5
graffito 13
photographic equipment 12.5
painted 11.4
decoration 11.3
human 11.2
texture 11.1
close 10.8
device 10.7
adult 10.3
painter 10.3
call 9.7
antique 9.5
ancient 9.5
symbol 9.4
book jacket 9.1
paint 9
religion 9
covering 8.8
stamp 8.7
head 8.4
letter 8.3
retro 8.2
aged 8.1
currency 8.1
body 8
hair 7.9
envelope 7.9
masterpiece 7.9
postmark 7.9
world 7.8
paintings 7.8
model 7.8
museum 7.8
culture 7.7
expression 7.7
mail 7.7
money 7.7
hand 7.6
fashion 7.5
window 7.5
dark 7.5
structure 7.5
office 7.2
sexy 7.2
smile 7.1
women 7.1
jacket 7.1
paper 7.1

Google
created on 2022-03-11

Microsoft
created on 2022-03-11

text 99.1
drawing 98.3
human face 97.8
old 96.2
person 95
sketch 92.5
man 86.3
painting 85.2
clothing 79.7
handwriting 73
black and white 61.3
portrait 60.8
posing 43.4
vintage 34.5

Color Analysis

Face analysis

Amazon

AWS Rekognition

Age 56-64
Gender Male, 99.9%
Calm 97.9%
Surprised 0.9%
Sad 0.7%
Confused 0.2%
Disgusted 0.1%
Angry 0.1%
Happy 0.1%
Fear 0%

Feature analysis

Amazon

Person
Poster

Clarifai

Clothing
Human face
Human nose
Human mouth
Human eye

AWS Rekognition

Person 97.4%

Categories

Imagga
created on 2022-03-11

streetview architecture 74.8%
paintings art 12.2%
interior objects 11.3%

Captions

Microsoft
created by unknown on 2022-03-11

a vintage photo of a person 82.9%
a vintage photo of a person 80.6%
a vintage photo of an old television 60.9%

Clarifai

Created by general-english-image-caption-clip on 2025-07-13

portrait of a man, c.

Salesforce

Created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-15

a photograph of a black and white photograph of a man in a suit and tie

OpenAI GPT

Created by gpt-4o-2024-11-20 on 2025-06-14

The image is a black-and-white depiction of a person wearing a military-style uniform with double-breasted buttons and a high collar adorned with insignias resembling stars. Around the portrait, text fragments suggest a memorial theme, with phrases like "In memory a daily thought in our hearts a silent sorrow" at the top, and "Father, you will always remain in our hearts. Loving wife and children" near the bottom. The overall tone conveys a sense of reverence and remembrance. The texture and quality suggest it may be an older photograph or a printed tribute.

Created by gpt-4o-2024-08-06 on 2025-06-14

The image appears to be a grayscale photograph of a historical portrait. The subject is wearing a military uniform with double-breasted buttons and insignia on the collar, indicating a possible high rank. At the top of the image, a caption reads: "In memory a daily thought In our hearts a silent sorrow." At the bottom, a partially visible caption mentions "Father you will always remain" and "LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN," suggesting the portrait is a memorial or tribute. The words "KODAK VELOX" are visible on the very bottom, indicating the type of photo paper used.

Anthropic Claude

Created by anthropic.claude-3-haiku-20240307-v1:0 on 2025-06-20

The image appears to be a black and white portrait photograph of an older man with a long beard and wearing a decorated military-style uniform. The man has a serious expression on his face and the image is framed within a border that includes a caption stating "In memory of a daily thought in our hearts a silent sorrow." The caption also mentions "his loving wife and children," suggesting this may be a memorial or tribute image.

Created by us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0 on 2025-06-20

This appears to be a historical black and white photograph showing what appears to be a Confederate military officer from the American Civil War era. The image shows a person wearing a military uniform with stars on the collar, indicating high rank. The subject has a beard and is photographed in a formal portrait style typical of the 1860s. The image appears to be part of a memorial or commemorative display, as suggested by text visible at the top and bottom of the frame that seems to be a memorial inscription, though the text is not fully legible in this reproduction.

Meta Llama

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-11b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-11

The image is a black and white photograph of a man with a beard and mustache, wearing a military uniform. The man has a serious expression on his face and is looking directly at the camera.

The man's hair is long and white, and he has a thick beard and mustache. He is wearing a military uniform with buttons down the front and a collar with stars on it. The uniform appears to be from the Civil War era.

There are two pieces of paper taped to the top and bottom of the photograph. The top piece of paper has the words "In memory a daily thought In our hearts a silent sorrow" written on it in small letters. The bottom piece of paper has the words "To Father you will always remain in our loving wife and children" written on it in small letters.

The background of the photograph is a plain gray color. There is a dark border around the edges of the photograph, which gives it a sense of depth and dimension.

Overall, the image appears to be a memorial or tribute to the man in the photograph, possibly a Civil War veteran. The words on the pieces of paper suggest that the man was loved and respected by his family, and that they are honoring his memory.

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-90b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-11

The image is a black-and-white photograph of a man, likely a historical figure, with a quote at the top and bottom. The man has long white hair and a beard, and is wearing a military uniform with buttons down the front and epaulets on his shoulders. He appears to be looking directly at the camera.

At the top of the image, there is a quote that reads: "In memory a daily thought in our hearts & silent sorrow." At the bottom of the image, there is another quote that reads: "Our father, you will always remain in our loving wife and children." The background of the image is a plain gray color, which suggests that it may have been taken in a studio or against a plain backdrop. Overall, the image appears to be a formal portrait of a man who was important to someone, possibly a family member or loved one.

Amazon Nova

Created by amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 on 2025-06-09

The image is a black-and-white photograph of a man in a military uniform, possibly a portrait. The man has a white beard and mustache and is wearing a military uniform with buttons and a star-shaped badge on his chest. The image is framed with a white border and has a text overlay that reads "In memory a daily thought In our hearts a silent sorrow." The image appears to be a tribute to a loved one who has passed away, possibly a military veteran.

Created by amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 on 2025-06-09

The image shows a black-and-white portrait of a man in a military uniform. The man has a white beard and mustache, and he is wearing a military uniform with a star badge on his shoulder. The portrait is mounted on a wooden frame with a border, and there are some words written on the top and bottom of the portrait. The portrait is blurry, and the background is dark.

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-09

This image is a grayscale portrait of a man in a military uniform. The image is a negative, so the highlights are dark and the shadows are light.

The man is depicted from the chest up. He has a long, white beard and mustache, and his hair is also white and swept back. He is wearing a military jacket with several buttons and a high collar. On his collar are three stars, indicating a high rank.

The photo is mounted on a larger piece of cardboard or thick paper. The image is slightly damaged, with some spots and marks on its surface. Above the portrait is a small banner with text reading "In memory a daily thought / In our hearts a silent sorrow." Below the portrait is further text that reads "Our father, you will always rem- / hearts / OUR LOVING WIFE AND CHILDR-". The image has the word "KODVK-2VEELA" written at the bottom.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-09

Here's a description of the image:

This is a black and white image of a framed portrait, likely a photograph or print, of a man in a military uniform. The image appears to be a negative, where light areas are dark and vice versa.

The man has light hair, a neatly trimmed beard and mustache, and he is wearing a military-style jacket with several buttons visible. On the collar of his jacket are three stars, indicating his rank.

At the top of the frame, there's a piece of paper with text that reads, "In memory a daily thought. In our hearts a silent sorrow." At the bottom of the frame, there is also text that reads, "Our Father, you will always remain in our hearts, our loving wife and children". At the bottom there is written "KODVK-2VEELA".

Mistral Pixtral

Created by us.mistral.pixtral-large-2502-v1:0 on 2025-06-09

The image appears to be a vintage photograph of a portrait painting. The painting depicts an older man with a beard and mustache, wearing a military uniform adorned with stars on the collar, indicating a high rank. The uniform includes a double-breasted jacket with buttons. The man has a serious and dignified expression.

The photograph itself shows signs of age, with visible damage and wear, particularly in the upper left corner where there is a noticeable dark spot. The edges of the photograph are also worn and faded.

There are two inscriptions on the photograph:

  1. At the top, it reads: "In memory a daily thought in our hearts a silent tribute."
  2. At the bottom, it reads: "To thee dear father you will always remain in the hearts of your loving wife and children."

The name "KODAK - VELELA" is visible at the bottom right corner, likely indicating the brand or type of photographic paper used.

Overall, the image conveys a sense of remembrance and respect, likely commemorating a significant figure, possibly a family patriarch or a notable military figure.

Qwen

No captions written

Text analysis

Amazon

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Google

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