'Tintype' photograph of a woman seated.

'Tintype' photograph of a woman seated.

A 'Tintype' is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal (Iron. Tin was not actually used) coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Popular in the 1860's and 70's in America.
This image was later hand painted . (Also see H.139 and H.141)

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H.140