C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane Very good condition one spot

Very good condition  one spot on cover

This Botany notebook from 1823 is the humblest looking from the outside with just a simple brown paper cover

at least references that of a Japanese Mizushashi or cold water container

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

just hang it on the wall in the kitchen

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane Very good condition one spotMy 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