Ambrotype of a man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1855
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This 1/6 plate ambrotype depicts an unidentified man from the waist up. He wears a dark jacket, light shirt, and a dark ribbon tie at the neck. His cheeks have been hand-tinted pink, and a chain hanging from his waist has been tinted gold. The ambrotype is housed in a brown case and has an oval gold metal frame with worn decorative details including two crossed flags and a shield at bottom and top center.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2008.9.11
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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: silver nitrate on glass photographic plate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)