Unknown American
[Tinsmith]

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Tinsmith]
Datec. 1860
MediumTintype with applied color
DimensionsImage: 2 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (5.4 × 6.8 cm)
Open (case): 6 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 1/2 in. (16.2 × 9.2 × 1.3 cm)
Closed (case): 3 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 11/16 in. (8.5 × 9.2 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Schwartz
Object number2018.98
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceCharles Schwartz; given to MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[stamp on verso]

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