Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 1/2 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 1/2 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.6.13
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper tape on plate verso, left edge, in pencil: "RCE4100";
On loose note in tray of case, recto, black paper with white pen: "12C11-097 / Grey case"; On loose note in tray of case, verso, black paper with white pen: "$280".
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DescriptionImage of a seated goldminer wearing a wide brimmed hat, jacket, and shirt. The young man is resting his hands on a pick ax and the handle of a shovel while looking directly at the viewer. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a brown case with a burgundy velvet liner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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