Mystery man and two ladies
by Richard Overy
This Cabinet Card was bought from a Photography Fair in Wolverhampton.
The card doesn’t provide any information on the sitter or the photographer unfortunately.
The gentleman’s pose makes it look as though he is a prisoner of some kind and his clothes look as though he might be in the armed forces.
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Whoever he is,he doesn’t look very happy.The lady on his right seems to be touching his shoulder,perhaps to reassure him.
She does look as though she is reassuring him. I just hope it wasn’t his last photograph!
He certainly looks to be tied to the chair. How bizzare is this pic? Well spotted! I would have missed the detail and moved on.
It is strange isn’t it, I suppose that’s what drew me to it!