[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. Full plate copy tintype of an African American couple.

Seated portrait of a distinguished African American couple. (Heavy wear and loss in an oval pattern around subjects, affecting subjects' hands and lower bodies, with some crackling to emulsion.) Male subject wears a plaid vest and looks just off camera, while female subject, likely his wife, wears a circular brooch and gloves. Both subjects' cheeks are lightly tinted pink.

[With:] 3 tintypes of African American babies, incl. 2 x 3 1/2 in. portrait with studio credit on verso. Philadelphia: J. Fenton, n.d. (Upper corners clipped, some wear and loss to emulsion incl. few dents and scratches.)

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. Full plate copy tintype of an African American couple.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE]. Full plate copy tintype of an African American couple.