cabinet photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Scholfield & Tingley
USA, CT, New London; USA, CT, Mystic
Circa 1888
6.50 x 4.25 x 0

Cabinet photograph; albumen print mounted on off-white board with round corners; gold edges; portrait of young Black man; dark suit and tie; white shirt; printed in lower margin of board "Scholfield & Tingley 59 STATE STREET,/ NEW LONDON, AND/ MYSTIC RIVER, CONN." [Scholfield & Tingley at 59 State St. 1886-1891]; reverse has oriental motif; printed "INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS USED EXCLUSIVELY/ Scholfield & Tingley,/ ART/ Photography./ NEW LONDON,/ CONN. AND MYSTIC RIVER,/ CONN."; board and image discolored; foxing throughout.

1994.77.348