Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 14

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500
(AMERICAN TINTYPES)
Group of 11 patriotic tintypes shot in different photographers' studios, with images of children holding the flag or playing Yankee Doodle Dandy, a studio portrait of a young dark-haired woman with a flag, and other seasonal displays in which folks are celebrating July 4th; one quarter-plate and 10 sixth-plates. 1870s-1880s

Additional Details

From a Private New York Collector.

The hand-tinted image of the boy with a flag, and the one of children enacting Yankee Doodle Dandy appear in America and the Tintype (Steidl, 2008).