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Tintype of a man standing in neoclassical studio scene

1870s

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Tintype depicting man standing with left hand on an urn. He wears, a jacket, vest, pants, and a ring on his right index finger. The man stands in front of a decorative bench with a decorative pillar to his left where the urn sits on top of. Studio backdrop features soaring arches and columns.

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Catalog reference: 2014.312.130

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