Tintype

Glossary

A photograph made by creating a positive directly on a thin sheet of black-enamelled metal coated with collodion. They were popular throughout the nineteenth century, especially among Civil War soldiers in America and later, immigrants and working class people due to their durability, ease of production and inexpensiveness. By the twentieth century, tintypes became among sidewalk portraitists.

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Tintype%newline%A photograph made by creating a positive directly on a thin sheet of black-enamelled metal coated with collodion. They were popular throughout the nineteenth century, especially among Civil War soldiers in America and later, immigrants and working class people due to their durability, ease of production and inexpensiveness. By the twentieth century, tintypes became among sidewalk portraitists.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Tintype”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/tintype/
MLA	“Tintype.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/tintype/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Tintype. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/tintype/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)