2004.87

Cabinet card, Portrait of a blind musician with violin

Mowrey

Ashland, OH

[1890s?]

Oval black-and-white photo is mounted on a gray card, within a raised decorative black line. It shows a man sharply dressed, with a white bow tie and a dark jacket with tails, holding a violin and bow. He has a large well-trimmed mustache, short hair and tinted eyeglasses. He appears in other photos in the museum collection (see also accessions 2002.153 and 2004.3). Photography studio and location identified on card at bottom right corner. Reverse is blank, with black tape around edges.

5 x 3 1/2 in. (photo)

Card stock, paper

7 1/4 (h) x 5 1/4 (w) in. (card)