Boy with a toy sheep
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This little carte de visite isn’t especially unusual, except that the toy sheep is something I don’t remember seeing before. It feels like such a specific item that I wonder if it’s the boy’s own toy, rather than a studio prop. It’s interesting how realistic the sheep is, rather than cartoony. The photographer is E. Zwarg in Leipzig, Germany. I believe it’s Edmund Zwarg. I struggled to read the fancy script used for his name, and had to search on the address to figure it out. Below is the back [click to enlarge].
Pics of Then 
Unlike so many children’s outfits, his looks comfortable. And that IS a great sheep.
Yes, definitely a comfy-looking smock he’s got on. And as much as I like the sheep, I can’t help wondering why a sheep, of all animals. A super lazy internet search seems to indicate that farm animals were popular toys back then, which makes sense.