Tintypes (prints)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs produced by the wet collodion process directly on lacquered metal, usually iron.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
African American man tintype portrait
File — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 16795
Content Description
This collection features one 2.25 X4" tintype photograph of an unidentified African American man dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowtie, pocket square, and derby hat with a sash perched at a stylish angle on his head. The man leans against a marble column against a plain background in a studio. The tintype was invented in 1855, one decade before the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the United States. His suit, medium, and background suggest a date roughly...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1865-1900
Two African American women tintype
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 16796
Content Description
This collection features an undated tintype photograph of two unidentified African American women dressed in Victorian-style dresses and hats. One of the women holds a bouquet that drapes over a bridge made of branches that the two figures are posed on in a photography studio. It measures 2.5 X 3.5 ". The tintype was invented in 1855, one decade before the emancipation of all enslaved African Americans across the United States. The medium of the photograph and the women's dress...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1865-1900