File:Billy the Kid, by Ben Wittick, crop.jpg

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Ben Wittick: Billy the Kid's portrait  wikidata:Q12813782 reasonator:Q12813782
Photographer
Ben Wittick  (1845–1903)  wikidata:Q27864220
 
Alternative names
George Benjamin Wittick; George Ben Wittick; G. Ben. Wittick
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1 January 1845 Edit this at Wikidata 30 August 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Huntingdon County
Work period 1870 Edit this at Wikidata–1903 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q27864220
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Title
Billy the Kid
Object type photograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid. This tintype portrait sold at auction in June 2011 for USD $2,300,000 to William Koch. Detailed description here
Depicted people Billy the Kid (Q44200)
Date 1879 or 1880
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium tintype Edit this at Wikidata
Source File:Billy the Kid tintype, Fort Sumner, 1879-80-Edit2.jpg
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current06:54, 16 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 06:54, 16 January 20191,022 × 1,010 (748 KB)Yann (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 21:30, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
20:56, 15 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:56, 15 January 2019969 × 895 (262 KB)RTG (talk | contribs)Larger
20:47, 15 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:47, 15 January 2019233 × 215 (60 KB)RTG (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 20:17, 25 September 2014 (UTC) Sorry this is meant to be an original work of art showing the true shape of Billys face rather than a duplicate of the original picture. It is flipped because apparently the tintypes were all flipped. Artistic interpretation usually leaves Billy looking attractive, but a photo is a photo. Billys heads been smashed once or twice along with the rest of his face. It looks like he holds a well of tears, etc.
21:30, 7 July 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:30, 7 July 20181,022 × 1,010 (748 KB)Yann (talk | contribs)better colors and contrast
21:27, 7 July 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:27, 7 July 20181,022 × 1,010 (638 KB)Yann (talk | contribs)bigger
20:17, 25 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 20:17, 25 September 2014233 × 215 (60 KB)RTG (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

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