C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number The two story house at

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

made of cotton I believe

I believe it is likely British

with a bit of minor scratching to the glass here and there and a few tiny dark spots on the etched forms

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number The two story house atMy 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