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Tintype

Description

Gem-size tinted tintype, depicting a man, mounted in a Christmas greetings decorated carte-de-visite card, by an unknown photographer, 1880s - 1890s

Museum reference

T.2023.44.3.12

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Tintype, Carte-de-visite

Production information

Unknown

Date

1880s - 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.

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