African-american Man & Child Sucking Thumb. 1870 J. F. Ryder Picturesque Africa

SPECTACULAR 7"x 5" circa 1870 POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA CABINET CARD PROVOCATIVELY TITLED "PICTURESQUE AFRICA" OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN (PRESUMABLY A PROUD FATHER) HOLDING HIS TOPLESS BABY GIRL (OR BOY) WHO'S CONTENTEDLY SUCKING HER THUMB WHILE RATHER QUIZZICALLY STARING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHER. AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE BY CLEVELAND, OHIO PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES F.