C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number A little paint loss and

A little paint loss and rust here and there which is part of what makes it perfect

The two story house at center bottom with two sets of planters on either side reads more clearly

but also just great graphically

though she still does look a bit uncomfortable

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number A little paint loss andMy 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