Details
Title [Portrait of unidentified African American man in fashionable attire] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photograph : tintype ; plate 85 x 62 mm (sixth plate format)
Description aFull-length itinerant studio portrait of an African American man, holding a derby hat in one hand, and standing in front of a plain portable back drop. He rests is other hand on a posing stand partially visble behind him. He is attired in a jacket with a pocket handkerchief, shirt with cravat tie, vest with a watch fob in the pocket, straight-leg pants, and round-tipped shoes. In the left of the portrait is a plush ottoman with feet. In the right of the image is a portable plain canvas screen/backdrop attached to a frame.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Purhased with the Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch African American History Fund.
RVCDC
Subject African American men -- United States.
African American men -- Clothing & dress -- United States.
African American History.
Genre Tintypes -- 1870-1880.
Portrait photographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| tintypes - unid sitter [P.2025.34.2]
Accession number P.2025.34.2