C. 1890 British Military Gilt Framed Tintype Photograph 8x9.5cm.

Beautiful piece and more desirable consisting of 2 subjects rather than single portrait. Perhaps 2 brothers from resemblance. Uniform indicates Royal Artillery, perhaps Home Service order. The soldier is wearing Slade Wallace webbing and a Victorian Side cap dating this to roughly 1888-1901.

Tintype photographs are an early method which created images on a thin sheet of metal coated with dark lacquer or enamel. The method involved applying chemical solutions to the metal plate before exposure to light. This resulted in hard wearing and unique images. Tintypes were popular from the late 1800s-1930s.