4 ADULTS ON A PORCH: 3 WHITE AND 1 BLACK
TINTYPE $450. USD
This composition, given the racial dynamics, is not common in 19th century tintypes. There's a white woman standing with her arm around the column, holding two fingers of her other hand. There's a bearded white man seated casually with crossed legs. Obviously, he's the patriarch. There's a full-standing smiling black woman with a long apron over her dress. And there's a blurry seated white woman, who must have been moving given the lack of facial features.
SIZE. Approximately 3 1/2 x 2 7/16 inches.
CONDITION. Bends. Vertical scratch on torso of the African American woman. Other scratches, mostly on periphery. Soiling. Striations in the emulsion in a couple of corners and rust on a couple of corners.
APPEARANCE. Very good contrast. Interesting composition. Nice casual posing. They all seem to be at ease. As mentioned above, the seated woman moved so she's blurry without facial features.