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American

Button with portrait of a young man, mid 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Button with portrait of a young man

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

Tintype with hand tinting

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • iron

Supports

  • iron

Dimensions

Image: 1 cm (3/8 inches) (diameter)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Christopher Monkhouse

Object Number

83.190.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Tintypes could be cut into any number of shapes, such as this button: a handy way to carry your loved one close to your heart.

Capturing the Light

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Button with portrait of a young man with the accession number of 83.190.2. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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