Title

Tintype of young woman in striped dress, Late 1860s. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

A black-and-white tintype of a young African-American 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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_056

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

151,2Mb (5,1Mb) / 21,0in x 27,9in / 6309 x 8379 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people black country stripes museum striped photography dress location Victorian century African American African-American B&W afro-american United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century heritage American America USA photograph portrait united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art tintype ferrotype National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art tintypes