Tintype of African American Couple in Studio Portrait [n.d.]
Description
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Tintypes
- Description
- An unidentified African American man and woman are featured in this small black and white tintype photograph. The woman's headband and neck bow, along with the floral design on the tablecloth, have been highlighted in red. The name of the photographer and the location of the studio are unknown. This tintype was in the possession of Iris Sloman Bell, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Relatives of the Sloman Bell families are descended from former American slaves who settled in Canada.
- Notes
- "Tintypes were the invention of Prof. Hamilton Smith of Ohio. They begin as thin sheets of iron, covered with a layer of black paint. This serves as the base for the same iodized collodion coating and silver nitrate bath used in the ambrotype process. First made in 1856, millions were produced well into the twentieth century. When tintypes were finished in the same sorts of mats and cases used for ambrotypes, it can be almost impossible to distinguish which process was used without removing the image to examine the substrate."
Source: American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/primer.html - Date of Publication
- 1880
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Rick Bell Family Fonds - RG 63
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- RG 63 Rick Bell Family fonds, Brock University Archives, Brock University.
- Terms of Use
- Current copyright applies. In some instances, researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Brock University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the Library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- Contact
- Brock University ArchivesEmail:dsharron@brocku.ca
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