A full-length tintype portrait of a boy standing beside a high-wheel bicycle, his hands resting at the saddle and handlebar. He wears a peaked cap, a jacket with contrasting piping, a white collar and tie, knee-length trousers, dark stockings and lace-up boots.
The bicycle occupies nearly half the composition. Its large spoked driving wheel, long front fork and hub-mounted pedals are clearly visible. Painted flowers, trees and a distant house form the backdrop, while floorboards establish the foreground as a studio setting rather than an outdoor scene.
A faint pencil inscription on the reverse reads “George H. Cl[?][?][?],” written sideways from bottom toward top, left of centre. It may identify the sitter, but the surname is only partly legible and the name's relationship to the portrait is not established. No photographer's credit, place or date is visible. The photograph survives as an unmounted metal plate.
- Title on card
- George H. Cl[?][?][?] (inscribed)
- Medium
- Tintype
- Subject
- Children, Sports and Games
- Dimensions
- 2.27 × 3.48 in (57.5 × 88.4 mm)
- Condition
- Surface scratches and localized image-layer cracking, with losses concentrated along the lower and right edges; scuffing on the reverse. Otherwise intact, with the face and bicycle clearly readable.
- Catalogue no.
- MTIN2026
