Tintype Photos

in frames

Below are two early tintype photos, in rough gold-coloured pinchbeck frames.  These photos give no photographer's name or date on the back.  

These photos, including their frames measure about:

-  2 3/4 ins. x 3 1/4 ins. (TOP PHOTO)

-  3 1/4 ins. x 3 3/4 ins. (BOTTOM PHOTO)

The deterioration of the image can be seen in the first of these photos, with rusting metal showing through the image in places.

In the second photo, the frame is showing signs of heavy use.

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©  Copyright: For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk

The book 'Victorian Photographers at Work' includes several examples of tintype photographs, including one (on page 78) very similar in style to the photograph of the small girl above.  The caption in the book refers to the photo and its likely date:

"A little girl ... , an opportunist picture taken by an unidentified itinerant photographer c.1875, probably using a camera with internal processing facilities."