Portrait of a California gold miner
Artist
Unknown
Date1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.45.40
Signednone
InscribedInscribed on back of plate: “Auburn Cal / Nov 23d 1852”;
Inked in period hand on a small scrap of paper included behind the plate, in black pen: “Rollin Needham, the / real father of Ada / Smith -”.
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: "star Double 40 / JP", "Retaped 4/26/13 / DAW Exeter NH", "D13-82".
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DescriptionImage of man in jacket with beard seated in three-quarter profile with his right arm resting on a side table. He holds a shiny cap in his lap. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a brown leather-covered case with an embossed red velvet liner.
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