Tintype of a seated woman
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: Small tintype depicting a seated woman. The woman wears a striped dress and checkered scarf tied around her neck. She also wears a white head piece and earrings. Photograph is hand-colored with pink on her cheeks and lips. Top, left, and bottom edges of the plate is dark, possibly because it was not exposed during photography process.
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: 2014.312.155
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): 2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (6 × 4.1 cm)