Soldier w/ Flag Tintype

Hand-colored and gilt sixth plate tintype three-quarter length studio portrait of a soldier. Full thermoplastic case with foliate design.

A fine tintype portrait of a young Federal officer. He stands squarely towards the photographer wearing his dress uniform complete with gloves, shoulder belt, and McDowell style forage cap. A revolver is tucked into his waist belt and his hands rest upon his unsheathed saber, the sheath suspended at his hip. The patriotic portrait is enhanced with a hand-colored American flag backdrop.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Historic Photography, Early Photography, Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, Cased Images, Union Cases, Militaria]