United States Families: Unidentified Family (late-1850s)


Figure 1.--This is a 1/2 plate tinted tintype of four children well dressed, two boys and two girls. They look prosperous, but we wonder if the tin-type suggests that perhaps grandmother was pincjing pennies. They are pictured with who looks to be their grandmother kneeling by their side. The one red dress and gold jewelry are beautiful. The portrait is undated, but its dag-like metal frame and the clothing suggest the late 1850s or early 60s.

This is a 1/2 plate tinted tintype of four children well dressed, two boys and two girls. They look prosperous, but we wonder if the tin-type suggests that perhaps grandmother was pincjing pennies. They are pictured with who looks to be their grandmother kneeling by their side. The one red dress and gold jewelry are beautiful. Such a brightly colored dress is unusual in these old portraits and makes the little girl stand out against her siblings. We assume this means that little girls at the time wore brightly colored dresses, but this needs to be confirmed. One boy is also wearing a gold cross necklace. It was quite common in dags to add a touch of gillding to gold jewelry. Note that only the younger boys wears a necklace. The younger boy wears a cut-away jacket with a vest. The older boy wears a collar buttoning jacket. Both have small white collar. They also both wear long trousers which were still common at mid-century. We can see very little of their older sister. Grandmother wears a horizontaly striped dress. The portrait is undated, but its dag-like metal frame and the clothing suggest the late 1850s or early 60s.








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