C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane Signed (incised) in Japanese on

Signed (incised) in Japanese on the underside

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C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman mane Signed (incised) in Japanese onMy 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