Tintype of a seated Buffalo Soldier
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A tintype of a U. S. Buffalo Soldier seated on a wooden chair. Captured in studio against a floor length fabric backdrop, an unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly at the camera. He wears a light-colored shirt, unbuttoned dark jacket, trousers and leather shoes. His proper left arm rests on a cloth covered table, on which is also his uniform cap; the emblem on the front is visible, but out of focus. His shirt buttons, a ring on the pinky finger of his proper right hand, and his watch chain have been hand-colored a bright yellow. There are no markings on the reverse of the tintype.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.244.21
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (10 x 6.1 cm)