Mr. J. Harding, “Tabrabucca”, Ilford, south of Cudgegong, New South Wales, circa 1885.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso with inscription in ink, evidently by an artist whom the sitter had commissioned to paint his portrait: ‘Mr. J. Harding, Tabrabucca, Ilford. / Hair Dk brown / Eyes Grey Hue / Comp Med. dk. / Dress / Suitable / (Do from this photo)’; print with slight loss of contrast and some toning, mount very good.

From an album belonging to the Evans family of Bombandy, between Cudgegong and Rylstone, southeast of Mudgee in the Central West of New South Wales.