G75? the 3/4 D50 model? could be.
it does look a tad smaller but they would not have been around in 90s. outside of this, it looks like a D40, but smallish, unless that is just the camera angle.
I agree that double white binding jumps out and says "D40" to me, and it could look "smallish" if that guy's over 6ft tall..
A G75 would also look like it's got an oversize sound hole:
Marty if you meant the guitar is physically smaller than your D25 I think it's just a fluke of your memory of size.
Dreadnuts were pretty identical except for that G75 Clay mentioned.
If you meant the
sound wasn't as big, well I felt that way about my D40 compred to my D25 for the first few years too.
A flatback's a different beast than an archback if your '25's an archback, it's more "focused".
Looks like a snakehead headstock too which very late Westerly D40's got.
Could be a DV-6 too, which would have a herringbone rosette, can't tell from the pic but I also note the pickguard seems to be unusually narrow, shows a lot more of the rosette than I'm used to seeing, perhaps.
Only way to really nail that one down is to ask him to read off the label to you.
There were about 3 or 4 ways to get a dread with a chesterfield headstock in the late 90's "IIRC".