Tintype Photograph of Gustave Young (1827–1895)

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ca. 1860 · Tintype (in carte de visite format) · Arms and Armor

This rare tintype photograph of the noted firearms engraver Gustave Young was part of a trove of records and ephemera relating to his work and family that remained with Young's descendants until 1966. Unfortunately, the material is now scattered among several private collections. Nevertheless, this evocative portrait of Young captures him in the prime of life and at the peak of his career, probably around the time that he engraved the Colt revolver also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 2010.481a–l).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1860

Medium

Tintype (in carte de visite format)

Culture

American, Springfield, Massachusetts

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Purchase, Bernice and Jerome Zwanger Gift, 2003