Tintype of two women
date: label: Date
content: 1870s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype depicting two women. One is seated wearing dark dress holding an umbrella. The other stands wearing a plaid dress with her left hand on the other woman's shoulder. The photograph has been hand-colored with pink on the cheecks and gold on earrings, rings, and neck scarf knots. The backdrop is a solid dark color, and wooden floorboards are visible in the foreground. The plate has been clipped at all four 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: 2014.312.118
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): 4 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (10.8 × 6.7 cm)