Identify the Tin-Type
Not mine, but I was sent this a little while back. It certainly appears to be a boxing pose to me, and if so is one of the finest I've seen on a tin-type. He certainly has the tell-tale nose of a boxer.
Maybe he's a nobody, but unlike most tin-types the clarity is there to positively identify him, if he IS a somebody.
I've posted this with IBRO and the names floating around there so far are Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (one of my thoughts facially, but I think his frame is too small), Monte Attell and Tommy Ryan.
I don't think any of them match personally, but I wanted to check here and see if anybody has any opinions. It's a distinct possibility the names floated so far might not even be in the right era.
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