I saw this photo when it came up on Ebay. Now it has lots of bids and I think that the bidders might think that the photo is something that, in my opinion, it isn't.

What it appears to be, at first glance, is an image of a Scottish soldier during the period when they wore coatees 1800-1854. There's the coatee, there's the buckled shoes.

But it looks all wrong! The photo itself, the feather bonnet, and the sporran are all much more recent-looking, c1900 would be a guess.

And if you look closely you'll notice that he's wearing hosetops/halfhose, and what appear to be ordinary shoes with costume buckles crudely stuck on. And the jacket is somewhat crudely made as well.

If I had to make a wild guess, I would say that this is a fellow done up for a Napoleonic movie or reenactment or something.