Original miniature / "gem" tintype photo of a group of children. They are unidentified, but I have sold a variation of this image in the past, and sold another, and it has been suggested that they were freed slave children, or related to the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass... but I was never able to confirm that.
The image is in very good antique condition, with some light scratches visible under enlargements/magnification. It measures about 1" x 3/4".
A miniature rarity!!
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