Half-length portrait of a Black nanny holding a white child. Sixth plate hand-tinted ambrotype. Full leatherette case. 

A fine image of an elderly Black nanny gently holding her charge. Her greying hair is held back in a bonnet with floral embellishments. The cheeks of both subjects have been delicately enhanced by the colorist's deft tinting. 

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