Tintype of girl standing

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 a girl wearing a dress standing with her right arm resting on the chair next to her. Her left hand is placed on her left hip and she faces the camera. She is wearing a double stranded necklace with charm, earrings, and a headband. The necklace pendant, earrings, and element on headband are all hand-tinted gold. Pink hand-tinting at the cheeks. There are losses at top, center, and bottom left where the plate has rusted through. There are losses in the image at the center and bottom right.

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