Tintype of a seated man
date: label: Date
content: 1880s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype portrait depicting man wearing a vest, jacket, neck tie, hat, and a ring on his right pinky finger. The photograph has been hand-colored with a hint of pink at the cheeks and gold on his ring and shirt buttons. The man is seated with his left hand placed on his left leg and his right hand resting on an arm rest to his side. Plate is clipped at all four corners. Photograph is flaking at edges and is discolored along bottom edge.
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: 2014.312.126
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 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)