- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Col. Folsom, Charles W., American, 1826 - 1904
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 1 3/16 × 15/16 in. (3 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 1 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (4.1 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Tintype of Colonel Charles William Folsom shown in half portrait. Folsom's body faces the camera, but his head is turned one quarter to his right and he looks off frame. He is slightly baling and has a full beard and mustache. He wears spectacles with thin wire frames. He is wearing a dark suit jacket and vest, white shirt, and black bowtie. The tintype is housed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval frame cut out to show the image. A double line border is embossed around the oval cut out.
- Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Col. C. W. Folsom".
- The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- tintypes
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Military
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.