Original tintype ferrotype photograph of a bearded President Abrahm Lincoln on an ornate sales card. Very collectible and not often seen.
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion.
$325.00
used
Good, We the tintype photo has typical cracking in the surface when viewed as certain angles, we have attempted to photograph the item at an angle which shows the marks but the marks are hard to see (which is a good thing :) the sale card shows some age
2.5" x 4"