- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- silver on iron photographic plate with wood and velvet
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 3 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 5/8 in. (9.2 × 8.6 × 1.6 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 3 5/8 × 6 9/16 × 3/8 in. (9.2 × 16.7 × 1 cm)
- Description
- This 1/6 plate tintype photograph depicts a young black woman with a white baby. The young woman is seated, wearing a dark colored dress and light colored lace collar. She stands the baby up on her lap. The baby wears a long, light-colored dress and has tinted pink cheeks. The tintype is housed in a wooden case with gilt highlighting, gold colored metal framing and red velvet lining.
- Place collected
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- tintypes
- portraits
- Topic
- Children
- Photography
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2008.9.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




