Tintype

Description

Cameo-size tintype, depicting a young child in sailor suit sitting in a boat and holding a spade, mounted in a carte-de-visite sized card, by an unknown photographer, 1870s - 1890s

Museum reference

T.2023.44.3.10

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Tintype

Production information

Unknown

Date

1870s - 1890s

Materials

Sheet iron, Lacquer, Photographic emulsion, Cardboard

Physical description

Tintype in 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.