Tintype (24 results)

Condition: VG. Tintype is 2-1/2 x 3 inches and framed under glass in oval copper matting with copper frame all around. Likely once was housed in wooden clamcase (clamcase now missing.) VG. Very nice strong image of young woman in a Spanish mantilla-type headpiece with very wide ribbon ties, her hands clasped serenely in her lap.…

Condition: VG. Original tintype photograph of woman aged about 15 years, from chest up, described on verso as "Mother, about 1874". First edition. Tintype housed in original white paper sleeve 2-1/3 x 3-3/4 inches. Printed on verso is information about the photographer: "Chas. Leach, successor to Leach & Edkins' Celebrated Galle…

Condition: Good. Original tintype photograph of man aged about 30 years, from waist up wearing what looks like a train conductor's cap ? On verso in ink is written: Haverhill, June 13, 1868. First edition. Tintype housed in original white paper sleeve 2-1/2 x 3-7/8 inches. Sleeve is lightly toned. Faint horizontal bend in tintyp…

19 century Tintype photograph of African American gentleman wearing a bowler hat. 2.5" x 3.5." Housed in brown leather booklet. Close-up black & white photograph of a young African American man in a white shirt and an overcoat and boler hat; he looks directly at the camera and appears rather forlorn. Corners snipped from when it…

Ephemera. Condition: Near Fine. Tintype (88 x 130 mm) group portrait of 3 men and 3 women, in a photography studio, 4 of them holding tennis rackets. Tintype is in excellent condition, out of (but sold with) its original mount, which reveals it to be the work of E. L. Merrow of Bethlehem, New Hampshire. (Mount is water-damaged a…

19 century tintype photograph of dapper African American man. 2.5" x 4." Close up photoportrait of a young African American man dressed in a three-piece suit. A white ribbon is pinned to his lapel. He gazes at the camera with a solemn, relaxed expression. Photograph is bordered by a white embossed oval paper mat. Very good contr…

19 century set of 2 tintype photographs of an African American man and woman. Each measure 1.5" x 1" One is a close-up photograph of a young man wearing a fancy three piece suit, high collar shirt with tie and a cloth hat. The chain of a pocketwatch drapes from behind the lapel of his coat. He looks confidently at the camera, we…

Condition: Good. Original tintype photograph of man aged about 30 years, from chest up, described on verso as "David Miller." c. 1875. First edition. Tintype housed in original white paper sleeve 2-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches. Name "David Miller" is written in pencil on verso. Printed on verso is information about the photographer: H. W.…

Condition: Fine. Original photograph (appears to be a tintype) of a man we assume to be Henry D. Dalton as there is a tightly folded-up piece of very old paper underneath the image which reads: "1861 Nov 27. Albany Barracks. Rec'd of G Achley $100 in cash I promise to pay as soon as i receive my pay from w. Barber, signed Henry…

A large Civil War 3/4 plate tintype, measures 5" x 7", of a Navy chaplain in full uniform with his sword pulled out of his rapier and in his hand. He has his dress uniform chapeaux with feathers on his head and a white sash with a chaplain medal in the center. There are crosses on his cuffs, sash and belt buckle. A clean image w…

Tintype showing Mexican woman's seated portrait. Circa 19th century. Measures 2.5" x 3.5". Image shows a seated Mexican woman wrapped in traditional Aztec patterned sarape blanket. Her expression is stoic and her gaze intense. Her hair is pulled back with a ringlet peaking from her left, a common hairstyle in the mid 1800s. Tint…

19th century Tintype photograph of handsome African American couple. 2.5" x 3.5." An African American man and woman sit beside one another on a loveseat. The man wears a suit and tie and a flat cap; the chain of his small pocketwatch can be seen draping from his sportcoat. The young woman wears a high-collared white gown with a…

19th century Tintype photograph of lovely young African American woman. Size 3.5" x 2.5." A young woman wearing a fashionable two-piece gown stands upright. Her dress has a high collar, with intricate ruffles along the bodice. She rests one hand on the back of a cushioned chair and looks directly in the camera. The room or studi…

19th century tintype photograph of African American man with goatee. Measures 4" x 2.5." Sitting photo portrait of an African American gentleman wearing a fasionable vest and sportcoat. Despite his fine clothing, he appears tired and worn; perhaps he has endured a difficult life. He is seated and rests his hands in his lap, gazi…

19th century Tintype Photograph of African American man wearing pinstripe pants and cap. Circa late 1800s. Measures at 1 1/2" x 2 14". The emancipation of slaves and the 13th amendment in 1865 coincided with tintypes' popularity. This image portrays the recently found freedom of African Americans in the post-Civil War era, and s…

Photographer unknown, Rodman cannon tintype photograph, circa 1860s, documents one of the most important classes of heavy artillery used by the United States during the Civil War and in nineteenth-century coastal defense. The image supports research into Union ordnance technology, military engineering, and the visual culture of…

19th century tintype photograph of African American man in full case. Size 3.5" x 4." A young African American man wears a suit, bowtie, buttoned vest, pocket watch hanging from his trousers, and a cap common of the era. Beside him is a homemade artisanal hay drying rack built from branches; he rests an elbow on the top of it, p…

Tintype Photograph of a beautifully dressed African American woman. 19th century. Measures 2.5 x 3.5". This Image shows an African American woman in white Victorian style dress and hat, hands clasped before her on the heart-shaped ledge of a huppah fashioned from branches as part of the studio set. A natural scene painted on a s…

Tintype photograph of an African American woman, 19th century, documenting personal portraiture and self-presentation in the decades following emancipation, with direct relevance to the study of Black identity, social mobility, and visual culture in Reconstruction-era America. The sitter is shown in formal Victorian dress, weari…

Tintype photograph of an African American family group, 19th century, documenting family structure, dress, and self-presentation in the decades following emancipation, with direct relevance to the study of Black domestic life and identity formation in Reconstruction-era America. The image presents a seated man in a three-piece s…

Tintype portrait of African American woman, circa late 1860s, documents Black female self-presentation during the Reconstruction era following the abolition of slavery in 1865. The image places the sitter within the early years of legal freedom for formerly enslaved people, when photography became an accessible medium for record…