For a moment I was going to say it was Wild Bill Hickok's addle minded cousin Crazy Chuck Hickup. But in all seriousness I have absolutely no idea who that dapper gentleman is. I bow out but let's keep this going!
Ok, ok, Grogel is on it. It is Conrad Friedrich Ulrich (1844-1925). Hand engraver and one of the famous Ulrich family of engravers. While at Marlin he engraved the Savage Model 1895's. Congrats Gary!
His third child and namesake married Catherine Eagan. I live in the City of Eagan. Armed with that and the fact that Japanese plums have a longer shelf-life than most European varieties and are thus the most common fresh plum sold commercially, I figured the photo must be Conrad, and assumed Sr. was a given.
I was thinking he might have been some engraver when I first looked at the picture. But then I got off on the Hickock thing. And he does look like Buffalo Bill at a younger age!
Here is an example of Conrad F. Ulrich's. Winchester 1866 rifle. One of the more ornate examples he's done. Sunlight, magnifying lens & hand tools. Pretty amazing. Last sold for $437K.
I'm assuming it was special order for someone, but not sure.
"In his description of this rifle, R.L. Wilson notes that the engraving on this rifle differs dramatically from the typical Winchester scroll and game scene engraving. He states that nude figures are rarely found on engraved arms from the Victorian era. The archways which frame the nudes and the use of geometric borders are also unique."