Studio portrait of a gentleman wearing a cravat. Melbourne, 1863-65.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Davies & Co. Photographers, 5 Collins St. West, 3 doors from Elizabeth St., Melbourne’; the print has some small surface marks at the corners, but is otherwise excellent; the mount is very clean.

Perhaps a high-ranking public servant, or a lawyer? The unidentified sitter certainly strikes us a man of intellect and integrity.