How this picture piques my curiosity, how wonderful it would be to know more about the affectionate

How this picture piques my curiosity, how wonderful it would be to know more about the affectionate pair portrayed in such casual, dishevelled intimacy. A white top hat, and a scruffy cap - what a contrast! My imagination works overtime, wild and unlikely theories; they are Dickensian rogues, up to some tricks : pickpockets - that hat is stolen. Or they are inebriated after an evening out and think a photograph a splendid idea, propping one another up as the drink takes its toll on their balance, and the photographer wishes he had not answered the door so late. Maybe they were lovers, more intimate even than the picture records, or perhaps they were relatives, the country cousin come to stay with the dapper dandy. All speculation, alas.