Photographs
Museum Quality Full Plate Tintype Of A Black Woman
c. 1860, Full Plate Tintype, A Young Black Woman, Museum Quality, Choice Extremely Fine.
This full plate Tintype shows a young Black woman seated beside a table with her hands folded in her lap. The photographic details of her face and hands are sharp. Aside from these, the rest of this portrait has been professionally hand-painted, including the gold ring on her right hand. This wonderful early portrait of an African American woman is presently held in a simple, gold-painted wooden frame. An opportunity to obtain a scarce, museum quality painted Tintype photograph of a Black Woman.
Museum Quality Full Plate Tintype Of A Black Woman
c. 1860, Full Plate Tintype, A Young Black Woman, Museum Quality, Choice Extremely Fine.
This full plate Tintype shows a young Black woman seated beside a table with her hands folded in her lap. The photographic details of her face and hands are sharp. Aside from these, the rest of this portrait has been professionally hand-painted, including the gold ring on her right hand. This wonderful early portrait of an African American woman is presently held in a simple, gold-painted wooden frame. An opportunity to obtain a scarce, museum quality painted Tintype photograph of a Black Woman.
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Auction details
Coins-Currency-Autographs-Americana
9:00 AM PT - May 18th, 2008
offered by
Early American
P.O. Box 3507
Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067
Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067
