Iconic Portrait: African-American Woman

c. 1863 Sixth plate tintype of an African-American woman whose bonnet and bow is delicately tinted pink. Her gaze penetrates the camera's lens through to the viewer. Rarely are African-American subjects seen in such expensive finery during the period.

Striking portrait fit for the cover of a book. Housed in a full leatherette case.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Antique Photography, Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, CDV, Slavery, Abolition, African-American, Black Americana]