Tintype of young woman in striped dress
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tintype of young woman in striped dress

Unidentified · Late 1860s

collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A black-and-white tintype of a young woman in a striped dress. In this half-length portrait, the woman is sitting, facing the camera, with her proper right arm crossed at her waist and her proper left arm resting in her lap. She is wearing a black scarf around her neck pinned with a brooch. Her hair is in an updo. She is wearing drop earrings and has several rings on her right hand. There are no markings on verso.

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