Tintype

Description

Gem-size tintype, depicting a woman, mounted in a Christmas greetings to 'Uncle Alford' decorated carte-de-visite card, by James Frederick Lowrie of Liverpool, 1880 - 1881

Museum reference

T.2023.44.3.14

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Tintype, Carte-de-visite

Production information

Lowrie, James Frederick, 1853 - 1906, Photographer

Date

1880 - 1881

Materials

Sheet iron, Lacquer, Photographic emulsion, Cardboard

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.