Man in Stockholm, Sweden
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What it is:
Carte de visite (or perhaps a CDV-sized cabinet card) trimmed to about 2.5 x 3 inches.
What I know about it:
Photographer is Mauritz Edlund of Stockholm, Sweden. Otherwise undated and unidentified.
Comments:
It’s too bad somebody hacked the top of this off. I would normally assume it’s to fit a frame, but then why not hack off the advertising at the bottom? It throws off the whole balance of the framing, and wrecks the pretty design on the back. Still, I thought he has a striking enough visage that you might enjoy seeing him, so here he is. By the way, I found some other photos by this same photographer here. Note the rocky coastline backdrop he uses when photographing sailors. That’s the first time I’ve seen such an image in a studio backdrop.
Pics of Then 
He is a very handsome classic Scandinavian type isn’t he?
Yes, that was my impression, too.
The collection you linked to is fascinating. I’d say yo have a very good example from that photographer and as you say it is a shame it has been cut down.
Thanks, glad you like it. I think it’s always interesting to put an individual photo into the context of the photographer’s overall work.