Tintype

Description

Gem-size tintype, depicting a small girl in a bubble, mounted in a decorated carte-de-visite card by W.J. Robinson of the American Gem Photography Studio of Cardiff and Portsmouth, 1880s - 1890s

Museum reference

T.2023.44.3.8

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Tintype

Production information

American Gem Photographic Studio, Photographer
Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, Northern Europe
Robinson, W.J., c. 1880s - 1890s (fl.), Photographer
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1880s - 1890s

Materials

Lead, Lacquer, Photographic emulsion, Cardboard

Physical description

Tintype, with a carte-de-visite mount

Associations

Howarth-Loomes Collection

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

Credit

The Bernard Howarth-Loomes Collection. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of Ethel Alma Howarth-Loomes and allocated to National Museums Scotland, 2023.