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Lot 222

Full Plate Tintype of Costumed Theater Troupe

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Large, striking full plate tintype showing a group of seven actors in elaborate 18th-century period costume, likely part of a local theater troupe or amateur dramatic society. The group is carefully posed against a painted backdrop suggestive of a stage set, with dramatic drapery overhead and a gothic architectural element behind them. Each figure is dressed in full character—men in wigs, frock coats, and tricorn hats; women in bonnets, colonial dresses, and lace collars—evoking a scene from a Revolutionary War-era play or historical tableau.

The plate’s size and composition lend the image significant visual presence. Fine detail is retained in the varied textures of lace, velvet, and checked fabric. The heavy crackling to the emulsion—often seen in full plates—adds to its antique character while not obscuring the clarity or subject matter.

Theatrical group portraits of this size and ambition are seldom seen in tintype format. An excellent piece for collectors of early American stage performance, historical reenactment photography, or 19th-century costuming.

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