Artist unknown
Description
100 gem photos in red leather album
3 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 1" CASE
This is a collection of tintype portraits bound within an album. Gem photos were quite small- around 1 ¼ inch high and 1 inch wide- and were often mounted in jewelry or carte de visite albums like this one. Gem photographs were made using multi-lens cameras, which could produce multiple exposures on the same plate.
Date
last half 19th C.
Creator
Artist unknown
Source
Gift of Dr. Bancroft
Identifier
1995.178
Citation
Artist unknown, “Artist unknown,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed April 30, 2024, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/1555.