Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype early penmanship instruction book My French is not good

My French is not good enough to solve this one easily

but I am not an expert

and I've really come to love the very 70s'-style guy in his beige

11 3/4” t x 6 1/4 w x 3 3/8” d and in good condition

there is not sawdust spilling out

Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype early penmanship instruction book My French is not goodI paid quite a bit for this one, but I just fell in love with him. And it struck me as a good one for the moment (thinking about protesters in Portland wearing costumes and making music in the face of the National Guard et al), and for me the flute seems like the peacemaker of instruments, leading the troops, as it were, to some resolution.) Our flutist here is Civil War era, wearing a military uniform, including fabulous plumed hat a few other