A bearded man hoards his money while seated at a table. A variant which included a candle on the right of the composition was published in June 1926 issue of American Photography magazine, shown below.

Editorial commentary in the issue: “There is a return to old ideas in “The Miser” by C. A. Weddigen, which though not a little melodramatic, is extremely good of its kind. The model must have been a good actor. He clutches his money as he turns to discover the cause of some interruption. The nervous force of the hand is capitally caught. Though the figure is lit by what we must suppose to be the dawn, a lighted candle stands on the table.” p. 282

Charles August Weddigen: 1895–1977

Amateur photographer C.A. Weddigen, a resident of the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood, was a founding member of the Cincinnati Camera Club in 1921, and active with the club throughout that decade. A notice in the American Art Directory for 1930 reveals he made his living at the American Laundry Machine Company, which manufactured commercial laundry, dry cleaning and textile processing machinery.