Studio portrait of a gentleman posed before a balustrade and painted backdrop. Sydney, early 1860s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint in red of ‘Milligan Bros, Photographers, 84 King St., Sydney‘; the print has a couple of tiny surface marks; the mount also has some marks in the bottom margin and the verso is toned.

Unfortunately, not enough of the studio backdrop is visible to determine whether it is a Sydney view – but chances are it is.