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[EARLY PHOTO] Images of Black female subjects, incl. tintype of domestic worker with white children
Estimate: $300-$400
Ended
Timed Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description
[EARLY PHOTO] Images of Black female subjects, incl. tintype of domestic worker with white children
3 1/4 x 5 in. loose tintype portrait featuring an African American nanny or maid surrounded by 5 white children, likely her charges.
The woman wears a mob cap characteristic of a 19th-century domestic worker, and holds one of the small children on her lap. The group poses before a backdrop painted to mimic the outdoors.
[With:] 15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. chalk portrait on board depicting an African American woman seated in an outdoor setting, with manuscript notation on verso identifying the subject as "Mrs. Ella Davis from Rock Hill, SC."
Together, 2 portraits.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition
Tintype: some bending/creasing to plate, typical surface wear and a minor rusting to edges, corners clipped.Chalk portrait: board curves upward, some wear to edges, few small punctures including one near top right portion of board and one near bottom right portion. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
Quantity
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