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Unknown Photographer
Untitledlate 19th century

Not on view
Open hinged case holding a small tintype portrait of a seated Black woman in dark jacket and bow tie, framed by an ornate gold oval mat, beside a crimson embossed fabric interior lid
Ambrotype portrait in an ornate gilded case with floral embossed mat; three-quarter-length view of a woman in mid-19th-century dress — dark jacket with white collar, bow tie, belted polka-dot skirt — holding a small book, drop earrings visible
Artist or Maker
Unknown Photographer
active United States
Title
Untitled
Date Made
late 19th century
Medium
Tintype
Dimensions
Case: 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 x 3/4 in. (9.84 × 8.89 x 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.2021.132
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Liz Andrews. Black American Portraits. Los Angeles: LACMA, 2021.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.

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