This beautiful lightly tinted Ambro has crisp detail of dapper looking mustached Confederate wearing slouch hat, civilian style shirt holding model 1842 musket with holstered apparent Colt Navy revolver and a wonderful large guardless Bowie knife with studded grip with decorated arrow on scabbard. Image is in beautiful condition with great contrast. There are 3 indiscernible initials carved in buttstock of rifle like those seen on so many Confederate muskets. When Norm Flayderman published this wonderful image in 2004 he described this gentleman as a frontiersman, we are fairly sure he was an early Confederate based on other identified images of the era. Because of the elegant look of the gentleman this cataloger would venture this gentleman was a early recruit posing possibly in New Orleans as there were few photographers in the deep South that took such fine photographs. SIZE: PROVENANCE: Ex-Larry Jones Collection; Ex-Rick Mack Collection; Pictured on pg 45 of "The Bowie Knife" by Norm Flayderman. CONDITION: Very fine. Some minor spots on cover glass or emulsion that can be seen in photograph that do not effect aesthetics. Original paper veneered case is scuffed and has broken paper hinge. 50412-67 JS (4,000-6,000)