Captain Harry Love and California Rangers

Book TitleCaptain Harry Love and California Rangers

Exhibition TitleCaptain Harry Love and the California Rangers

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1853

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (18.73 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 4 11/16 × 9/16 inches (9.37 × 11.91 × 1.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2006.44.19

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DescriptionImage of three seated men with pistols and two with Bowie knife handles showing. From left to right, man on left has a 3rd Model Colt Dragoon pistol holstered on his left side, his right hand is resting on a knife so only what appears to be an ivory handle is showing. He also is wearing an interesting belt buckle. The man in the center has a 2nd Model Colt Dragoon in his right side belt, his left hand is resting on a knife handle. A rectangular belt buckle at the center and fringe from a sash are at his right hand fingertips. The man on the right has the backstrap and grips of a pistol on his left coat flap visible. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown leather-covered case with a floral motif and a red velvet liner.Published References

Published References

William B. Secrest, The Man From the Rio Grande: A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers Who Tracked Down Joaquin Murrieta (Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2005).

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