Thank you, Dave. I appreciate your opinion as I know you've taken a close look at it. Wright is difficult, as it's pretty clear that his appearance changed pretty drastically over the years. I think mine fits at the start of his "older adult look."
For the Knickerbocker photo, I want to include here another tool that I used. This one is very helpful, in that it lays one photo over another, so any differences would stand out pretty clearly. Here are the known photos of Doc Adams and Charles Birney placed directly over mine. The slider is right in the middle, so the result is half-known/half-mine. If I move the slider either way it would show more known or more mine, depending on which way. As you can see, they line up exactly. Ear placement and size, eyes, nose, everything. It even shows the shadow that obstructs Doc's hairline in the original. I get similar results with all six men. I think this provides another perspective as to how well the features match up.
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