Antique Rare Boxing Ambrotype Photo, Shirtless Bare Knuckle Boxer, Early 1800s naval 5" with a studio imprint

5" with a studio imprint of L

and it appears the sides of the mount have been slightly trimmed

Barney was a performer

Various cities and photographers

Signed in ink along the bottom

Antique Rare Boxing Ambrotype Photo, Shirtless Bare Knuckle Boxer, Early 1800s naval 5" with a studio imprintRare quarter plate ambrotype of a shirtless boxer with his fists up in a classic boxing pose. This is a clear glass ambrotype behind a mat and cover glass, with folded piece of black paper in the case behind the image. The mat is a Hayden mat with a patent date on its underside of October 1855, it is not a later British mat. Ambrotype has some age related perimeter darkening, some light surface issues, and a crack in the upper left area does not jump