Title

Tintype of an African-American Civil War soldier, 1861 - 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

In black thermoplastic case with brass hinges and red velvet liner; Preserver and mat: brass decorated with eagle, 2 American flags, cannon, and E Pluribus Unum set in a red velvet liner; tintype with cover glass of an African American Union soldier with a moustache and beard, holding a pistol across his chest. His buttons and belt buckle are hand-colored in gold paint. The hand-coloring on the buckle reads backwards "SU," which when considered that the image is reversed, reads "US," the traditional inscription on Union Civil War belt buckles.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_197

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

158,1Mb (7,1Mb) / 32,0in x 19,2in / 9611 x 5749 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black male man men country frame patriotism guy weapon weapons gun guns museum color photography war location Armed Forces century patriotic soldiers soldier concept African American African-American B&W afro-american Army framed warfare United States of America Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry American Civil War nineteenth century Union Army 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 buffalo soldier tintypes