Original cabinet-card photograph capturing former heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan. The formal studio photograph pictures Sullivan in formal attire as he poses for the camera. Sullivan's name is printed in black lettering at the base of the photo. The photographer's credit, "Webster & Albee, Publishers, Rochester, N. Y.," appears in print along the base of the mount. Sullivan's name is scripted in pencil (in an unknown hand) both at the top of the photo and the base of the mount. Numerous handwritten pencil notations and names appear on the reverse. Both the mount (4.25x6.5") and the photo (3.75x5.75") display an approximate one-inch horizontal tear near the middle of the left border. Light wear is evident along the edges of the mount.