Tintype Portrait of a Seated African-American Woman. Circa 1880

$275 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Slightly irregular sixth-plate tintype. Measuring approximately 2¼" x 3½". African-American woman in an arresting dark satin(?) dress, seated in a chair, posed in front of an obvious studio backdrop. Small rust spot in lower left corner, otherwise very good or better. We could find no evidence of the sitter's..... More

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