Tintype of a woman standing
date: label: Date
content: 1890s
name: label: Created by
content: J. Fenton's Photography
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype depicting standing woman wearing a full dark dress with a white collar. She wears a long beaded necklace that is tucked into the belt around her waist. The woman's left hand rests on a prop pillar with a book on it, and her right hand hangs at her side. Studio backdrop has fluted column at right but is otherwise blank. Attached to the back of the tintype is a paper label wih the photographer's information: [J. Fenton's Photography / No. 721 South St.]
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: 2014.312.138
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 in. (8.9 × 5.1 cm)