A Bristol Postman, c. 1868

The portrait below is of a Bristol postman, taken in about 1868 by C. Voss-Bark - in this case Cyrus Voss-Bark rather than Conrad (who was a writer and a correspondent for the BBC and the Times who died in November 2000).

C. Voss-Bark had his studio at Strathearn House, Clifton and his card says that he was a "Photographer to Her Majesty The Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales".  Cyrus Voss Bark was born Cyrus Herbert Voss-Bark in 1848 in Leicestershire and he died in 1913.

I discovered the photograph amongst some lots purchased at a recent auction;  there is no indication of the subject's identity.