For the record, without provenance it's never going to add up. It may be a recent deceptive identification or it could be one of many different men named Henry Chadwick.
However, regarding the time frame of the image, if the tintype is original to the leatherette case, then the image is likely from the early 1860's (when Chadwick was in his 40's). Cases went out of vogue after the civil war. Also, tinting became much rarer after the war (btw - the yellow tint would actually be a very seldom seen tint as blue and red were MUCH more common). I have also seen a fair number of civil war images where the name was scratched into the surface like this. The mat is somewhat unique as well. I'm not going to take the time to dig up any info but, it does not appear to be one of the more common mats and, if it is a fairly thick mat, it would also place this image to the early 60's (if in fact, the image is original to the mat and case).
Rob M.
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