Albumen cabinet card photograph by Wesner, Los Angeles, showing the well-known Australian showman Unzie, identifiable by his distinctive white hair and mustache. Seated in formal evening dress, he rests one hand to his cheek in a studio pose that emphasizes his trademark coiffure.

Unzie toured extensively in the United States in the 1880s–90s, appearing in circuses, dime museums, and traveling exhibitions that promoted him as an “Albino Aboriginal” from Australia. His publicity emphasized both his Indigenous ancestry and his albinism, making him one of the more recognizable personalities on the American sideshow circuit during the period.

The mount bears the Wesner imprint at 127 W. First Street, Los Angeles. Light scattered spotting and edge wear to mount; print with strong contrast and good detail.