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Tintype of John H. Copeland in an embossed leather case

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This black-and-white photograph is a portrait of John H. Copeland seated in a chair with his left elbow propped on a table. He faces straight to the camera and has his right thumb tucked into the opening of his jacket with his fingers in front of the jacket. He wears a double-breasted dark-colored short jacket, plaid pants, a white shirt, a plaid shawl draped over his shoulders, and a large plaid bowtie at his neck. He has a mustache and a neckbeard. Copeland's cheeks are hand-tinted pink and a gold ring on his right index finger is gilded gold. The tintype is housed under glass in a metal frame and inside a burgundy velvet-lined black wooden case with an embossed leather cover. The photograph (a) and lid (b) portions of the case have become completely detached. The case closes with a hook on the right side. A piece of paper is adhered to the top of the lid (b) with handwritten text in ink reading: "Mr. John Copeland / Care of David Miller / Thomasville / Georgia".
Type:
Image
Format:
Collodion And Silver On Iron With Lacquer, Glass, Velvet, Wood, Leather, And Metal
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Copeland, John H
  4. Families
  5. Family
  6. Free Communities Of Color
  7. Photography

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