George Johnson's Daguerreian Gallery, Sacramento, California
Book TitleGeorge Johnson's Daguerreian Gallery, Sacramento, California
Exhibition TitleGeorge Johnson's Daguerreian Gallery, Sacramento, California
Artist
George H. Johnson
(American, 1823 - ca. 1880s)
Dateca. 1850-1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/16 × 6 × 3/8 inches (23.65 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 6 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/16 × 6 × 3/8 inches (23.65 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 6 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.119
SignedStamped on mat recto, lower right: "G. H. JOHNSON"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a two story brick building with large awnings on the ground floor displaying signs, which read "Scranton & Smith", "City Shoe Store", and "G.H. Johnson's Daguerrean Gallery". Men stand beneath the awnings next to wooden boxes. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat (without preserver) inside of a brown leather-covered case with an embossed red velvet liner.Published ReferencesPeter E. Palmquist, "The Pioneers: Landscape and Studio," in Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography 1850 to the Present (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001): 3-20.
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George H. Johnson
ca. 1854-1855
2016.75.354
