Tintype of man in formalwear
date: label: Date
content: 1880s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype depicts aman wearing black suit with white button down shirt and black bow tie. Portrait bust-length. The man's haircut is tight, and he wears a beard. The buttons on his shirt have been hand-colored gold. The photograph is scratched on the man's forehead and under his right eye, as well as being heavily scratched along right top right side of the plate. Image is distorted by streaking at bottom left and by blue discoloration along bottom edge. A band of discoloration along his left lapel makes it appear that something is draped over his shoulder. The plate is clipped at top left, bottom left, and bottom right corners.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.140
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 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (8.9 × 6 cm)