Antique Rare Boxing Ambrotype Photo, Shirtless Bare Knuckle Boxer, Early 1800s naval Overall the cabinet card is

Overall the cabinet card is in very good antique condition

which would make it quite rare

and it appears the sides of the mount have been slightly trimmed

one or two noted with creases

Daguerreotype is in Robert Cornelius's acorn case and behind original glass and a square rose (

Antique Rare Boxing Ambrotype Photo, Shirtless Bare Knuckle Boxer, Early 1800s naval Overall the cabinet card isRare quarter plate ambrotype of a shirtless boxer with his fists up in a classic boxing pose. This is a clear glass ambrotype behind a mat and cover glass, with folded piece of black paper in the case behind the image. The mat is a Hayden mat with a patent date on its underside of October 1855, it is not a later British mat. Ambrotype has some age related perimeter darkening, some light surface issues, and a crack in the upper left area does not jump