Cabinet card photograph depicting a standing male artist posed behind a still-life painting with brushes and palette visible in the composition. Albumen print on mount by Urlin’s Mammoth Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, late 19th century.

The sitter stands in a studio interior beside an easel displaying a painting of a palette and brushes surrounded by small studies. The setting includes studio furnishings and decorative architectural elements typical of commercial photographic studios of the period.

Photographer’s imprint for Urlin’s Mammoth Art Gallery, 216 & 218 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, appears on the mount, with an elaborate award-printed advertisement on the reverse.