Henry Chadwick tin type photo

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

It has "Henry Chadwick" written vertically on the mans shirt.

That in and of itself is not enough, unless you know when and by whom that was written. A scam involving just this sort of thing occured in the Sotheby's Copeland sale some years ago. In that auction was a purported signed cabinet of Chadwick. The verso of the cabinet was signed "Henry Chadwick" thereby giving the impression both that the image was of him and he signed it. Well as it turned out the image was not of Chadwick and, needless to say, nor was the signature his.

This tintype image bears SOME resemblance to another known image of Chadwick (a cricket pose). The fact this tintype is not a baseball or cricket image, is concerning, and frankly so is the writing (why would anybody put it there other than to deceive). Bottom line to me -- without more I think there is little chance it is Chadwick.