Photographer

The photographer bends toward his apparatus: the left hand pulls the black cloth back while the right holds the shutter bulb against the camera body. A bellows camera stands on a tall wooden tripod, lens aimed forward, the drape falling in heavy folds to the ground. He wears a grey frock coat, dark trousers and a burgundy bow at the collar, with round spectacles on his nose. The base is painted as stone paving and edged with a gold line.