Tintype in a paper case of three unidentified young women seated
date: label: Date
content: 1870s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This tintype (a) depicts three (3) unidentified young women seated and facing the camera. The woman at center is slightly in front of the other two. She wears a dark-colored dress with a lighter printed design and a pointed white collar. She holds a box or a thick book in her lap, and gilt is added to one of her left fingers and at the center of her collar. The woman at the right side wears a light-colored overdress with dark floral print design and a light-colored skirt with a ruffled hem. Gilt is added to an oval brooch she wears at her neck over a small rounded collar. The woman at the left side wears a white muslin blouse and apron over a light-colored skirt. Gilt is added to one of her right fingers and a red bow is colored in at her neck. All three women wear their hair pulled up at the back. Their faces have been hand tinted. The reverse is blank. The tintype is placed inside a paper envelope (b) with an oval-shaped window cut into one side. Gilt print lines the window and text below it reads "Patented July 8th, 1883".
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Youth
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 Jan Kathleen Bourgeois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.137.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: envelopes
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 with paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (11.4 × 7.5 cm)