C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number though she still does look

though she still does look a bit uncomfortable

what could be sweeter for holding a few favorite rings or a bunch of paperclips than this vintage gold and black lacquer frog box

I really love it as an object--exactly the scale of a real mushroom

I believe it is likely British

and also certainly undermining the "Happy Family" of the title

C. 1880s British Cabinet Card of Handsome Young Strongman number though she still does lookMy 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