Tintype of George Washington
date: label: Date
content: 1864-1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Captain William A. Prickitt, American, 1839 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: George Washington, American, born 1845
label: Subject of
content: 25th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, American, 1864 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Corporal George Washington found on page 5 of 2014.88a-r. He is wearing a buttoned up jacket with epaulettes on the shoulders and a kepi in the portrait. His Kepi is straight atop his head. He is leaning slightly to the right side of the photograph. His name is inscribed below the photograph on the same page.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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 Aneita Gates, on behalf of her son, Kameron Gates, and all the Descendants of Captain William A. Prickitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.88e
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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 , lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (tintype): 1 3/16 × 7/8 in. (3 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (oval cutout): 7/8 × 5/8 in. (2.2 × 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (page): 1 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4 × 4.5 cm)