Tintype of man seated
date: label: Date
content: 1870s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype depicts a man sitting with left arm resting on table and right hand holding a cane with a curved top. He is dresssed in a three-piece suit and tie. Tie knot has an additional decorative avian element on it; it is unclear if this is a pin, part of the tie, or some other feature. The hair on the crown of his head is clipped short, and the sides have grown long. Photograph is worn with abrasions overall. Plate is clipped at top left and right 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: 2014.312.143
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 1/4 × 2 in. (8.3 × 5.1 cm)