C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman tin and ebony dominoes and if I did not

and if I did not know better

and the watermark date do make one wonder if it could have been the original source

eRally great looking

with patina to copper and minor cracking of wood (visible in face) consistent with age and adding character

the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman tin and ebony dominoes and if I did notMy 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