C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane just hang it on the

just hang it on the wall in the kitchen

4 5/8" tall x 1 3/4" wide and deep

Sold in the frame I found it in

which features a bunch of old writing on it in a child's hand

sorrowful expression on his hand-painted face

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane just hang it on theMy knowledge of 19th c. photographic conventions doesn't tell me for sure whether this muscular bare chested young man was a boxer, or wrestler, or a sideshow strongman, but I might guess the latter based on what one can see of his pants and belt, which appear informal rather than any sort of uniform. The cabinet card is stamped Liverpool (England) on the reverse, but I must say that the aura like ring of patterning around him, a fabric backdrop I