Studio portrait of a two young male friends in an affectionate pose. South Melbourne, late 1880s.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 166 x 107 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted ‘D. Wood, near Town Hall, South Melbourne’; verso blank; a superb print  in excellent condition; the mount is clean and stable.

An artistic composition taken in David Wood’s studio setting that recreates a neoclassical garden – possibly inspired by the picturesque St. Vincent Gardens, situated a stone’s throw away from Wood’s studio in Banks Street.