Tintype

Description

Cameo-size tintype, depicting a small girl holding onto a chair, ‘Mamie’, mounted in a decorated carte-de-visite card, by George W. Morgan of Viroqua, Wisconsin, 1880s - 1890s

Museum reference

T.2023.44.3.13

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Tintype, Carte-de-visite

Production information

Morgan, George W., 1850 - 1900 (fl.), Maker
Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA, North America

Date

1880s - 1890s

Materials

Sheet iron, Lacquer, Photographic emulsion

Physical description

Tintype, in 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.