Title

Tintype of John H. Copeland in an embossed leather case, ca. 1860. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

This black-and-white photograph is a portrait of John H. Copeland seated in a chair with his left elbow propped on a table. He faces straight to the camera and has his right thumb tucked into the opening of his jacket with his fingers in front of the jacket. He wears a double-breasted dark-colored short jacket, plaid pants, a white shirt, a plaid shawl draped over his shoulders, and a large plaid bowtie at his neck. He has a mustache and a neckbeard. Copeland's cheeks are hand-tinted pink and a gold ring on his right index finger is gilded gold. The tintype is housed under glass in a metal frame and inside a burgundy velvet-lined black wooden case with an embossed leather cover. The photograph (a) and lid (b) portions of the case have become completely detached. The case closes with a hook on the right side. A piece of paper is adhered to the top of the lid (b) with handwritten text in ink reading: "Mr. John Copeland / Care of David Miller / Thomasville / Georgia".

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A74_030

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

109,8Mb (4,6Mb) / 27,0in x 15,8in / 8112 x 4729 (300dpi)

Keywords

unusual people black male man men country guy clothes museum color photography dress location century bow tie clothing concept African American African-American B&W afro-american shawl United States of America Colour 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 John H. Copeland Copeland John H.